LUMEN WINES
Santa Maria Valley, California, USA
Will Henry and Lane Tanner share a common vision: to make wines from the best cool-climate vineyards in Santa Barbara County, and to follow a regimen consistent with California’s early days of hands-on, honest winemaking. The duo asserts that the most balanced (and thus memorable) wines are made from fruit that is picked relatively early on the harvest calendar, the end result being a wine that is livelier on the palate, deeper in complexity, lower in alcohol, and more worthy of cellaring. Lumen has a strict commitment to honest and healthy winemaking practices, sources fruit from sustainably certified and biodynamic vineyards, and is a member of 1% For The Planet – donating 1% of all sales to environmental causes.
Lane Tanner, the first independent female winemaker in Santa Barbara County history, is applying her Pinot Noir acumen to Grenache, with great results. This bright and fresh bottling, from the biodynamic grapes at Martian Ranch, begins with beautiful aromas of raspberry, hibiscus and rose petal on the nose before the tightly woven yet generously flavourful palate unleashes waves of plum, berry and peppery herbs. WE 94