Desire Lines, Evangelho Vineyard Carignan, 2019 Core the steep alpine appellation where

the steep alpine appellation where Nebbiolo grows on terraced stone pillars near the Aosta Valley

Three producers in Arbois grow this grape

everything in place

and that telltale mineral edge

Chalk tells stories

Desire Lines, Evangelho Vineyard Carignan, 2019 Core the steep alpine appellation whereThe Evangelho Vineyard is California history in a glass: own rooted Carignan planted in the 1890s, growing in over thirty feet of pure sand in Contra Costa County, right where the San Joaquin Delta sends coastal winds rushing over the warm vines. That sand is the secret it gives the wine suave, fine grained tannins you can't fake. Cody and Emily Rasmussen of Desire Lines treat these ancient vines like cru Beaujolais, with a touch of carbonic and a