2020 Caleb Leisure Wines 'Obelus', Sierra Foothills, CA Genot-Boulanger It was created for cooler

It was created for cooler California climates and offered a wine grape that was lower in acid and more pleasing to the current American wine consumer at the time

Spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeast in bigger old barrels from local oak or acacia wood

We raise the wine in neutral barrels for two years before bottling and then keep the wine in bottle for another year before release

This wine is delicious and really changed our minds about the potential of making natural wine from Napa

Year Vines Were Planted around 1935

2020 Caleb Leisure Wines 'Obelus', Sierra Foothills, CA Genot-Boulanger It was created for coolerObelus is a red natural wine made from a blend of 60% Grenache, 20% Cinsault, and 20% Mourvedre co fermented in qvevri (big terracotta amphorae) and macro bin, pressed after 7 10 days into qvevri and nuetral oak for levage. The grapes are farmed organically in Calaveras, Sierra Foothills, CA. No additions.