2022 LOLA Artisanal Series St. Helena Paseante Noir

The 2022 LOLA St. Helena Paseante Noir is from a tiny vineyard block of less than 500 vines planted right on the banks of the Napa River, less than a mile from our Zinfandel vineyard. Paseante Noir is a very special grape varietal developed and bred by the legendary UC Davis grapevine geneticist Dr. Andrew Walker in an effort to produce a Pierce's disease* resistant grape varietal that is also better suited to the dry and arid mediterranean climate of California. Paseante Noir is a cross of Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon, Petite Sirah and Vitis Arizonica (the native grape of Northern Mexico and the Southwestern USA). The wine appears dark and rich in the glass with a very dark fruit flavor profile and soft, smooth tannins to round out an intense and full finish. We produced this wine with no use of Oak in an effort to explore the purity of this rare grape varietal. Should you find yourself with a glass of 2022 LOLA Paseante Noir in front of you, you would be one of the only people on earth trying a wine from that grape at that time. Unfined and Unfiltered. 55 cases produced.