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The first of two spin-off labels from Patrick Cappiello’s Monte Rio Cellars project. Skull Wine Company derives its name & label from the first run of wine the Patrick produced with is collaborator & good friend Pax Mahle. The first wine was a north coast Syrah bottled with his now signature white skull label that is a nod to Patrick’s days spent skateboarding & living the “punk-rock” scene. The wines now are more of an entry into the greater world of wines that Patrick produces under his Monte Rio Wines & The Piquette Project.
All of the wines are blends produced from fruit that comes from the sames locations as the fruit for his Monte Rio Cellars project. The primary difference between the two is that the Skull Wines are blends from several different sites, where as the Monte Rio wines are single vineyard expressions of a single varietal. Currently Patrick produces a white, pink (rosé), red, & sparkling with an orange also in the works. Like his Monte Rio Wines the Skull bottlings are produced from all sustainable &/or organically farmed vineyards, made naturally with only native/ambient yeasts, fermented in a combination of cement & stainless steel before being aged in neutral wood. Very low amounts of sulfur are added, typically at bottling.
