Street art is like winemaking.
In both cases, the environment influences the work, and the artist and the landscape collaborate.
Herbal and floral notes are complemented by black cherry, layered with flavors of dried cherry, pomegranate and cocoa.
This wine has a rustic yet silky texture, unique flavor and a long finish.
The fresh character of this wine makes it a great match for grilled meats such as beef or pork, and seared vegetables.
Most of the grapes in the final blend come from a few vineyards in Horse Heaven Hills.
The soil in this area is a heavier Burbank Rocky Loam.
The remainder of the vineyard comes from the Columbia Valley AVA, with a large portion of the grapes coming from the low-yielding Beverly Vineyard.
The soil in this field is almost 100% coarse sand with a high silica content, and the area experiences hot days and cold nights.
The 2020 growing season saw average or warmer temperatures in spring and fall, allowing for long hang times that allowed for slow maturation and excellent flavor.
- Lower than average yields, high quality fruit with concentrated flavours.
- 2020 was the quintessential Eastern Washington summer, with dry, warm days and cool nights, ideal for flavor development and early ripening.
- 50% of the selected grapes are left to soak with the skins for approximately 9 months after fermentation, giving the wine a very complex and fresh character.
- 10% of the wine was fermented in concrete tanks and 50% of the final blend was aged in French oak for 13 months.
No new oak was used in the aging of this wine, and the flavors and tannins come from the extended skin contact and the added effect of Cabernet Franc.
Launched in 2016, INTRINSIC Wine Co. was inspired by the similarities between street art and winemaking.
In both, artists are challenged to work with unpredictable canvases, blending intuition and experience to create something vibrant, bold and ephemeral.
Winemaker Juan Muñoz-Oca has used his knowledge and experience to combine the incredible quality tannins of Washington grapes to push the boundaries of wine in the same way that street art pushes the boundaries of urban aesthetics.
When making red wine, most wines are left in skin contact for about a month, but Intrinsic wines are left on the skins for nine months, giving the wine an unexpected silkiness and additional layers and depth.
The result is a simple yet sophisticated wine.
Intrinsic also announced a partnership with GLAAD in 2021.
Through positivity, GLAAD tackles tough issues, shapes the national script, and sparks conversations that lead to cultural change.
This partnership was born out of a deep need to move wine culture forward to be more welcoming and inclusive.
Intrinsic continues to support GLAAD in empowering and highlighting key voices in the LGBTQ+ community.
Together, we strive to foster inclusivity and accelerate acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community within the wine and beverage industry and beyond.
Intrinsic grapes come from renowned vineyards within Washington State's Columbia Valley and Horse Heaven Hills AVAs.
The Columbia Valley and Horse Heaven Hills AVAs have the ideal terrain and conditions for growing premium wine grapes, with warm sunshine and cool nights during the growing season creating ideal conditions for the development of aromas and flavors in the ripe grapes.
Zimmer is a New York-based street artist who specializes in graffiti art, painting, architecture, fine art and tattooing.
Starting out in sculpture and model making, by the age of 16 Zimmer had adopted graffiti as his form of expression.
He then earned a degree in architecture from New York Institute of Technology, where he continues to work today.
As his work evolved, so did the world around him; his mix of graffiti and fine art has evolved straight into the world of street art.
https://www.zimer.com/about