Phelan Farm Autrement 2021

Phelan Farm is Raj Parr's coastal California project in Cambria, where the vineyard sits close enough to the Pacific to feel more like a cool-climate experiment than a conventional Central Coast estate. Parr, long known as a sommelier and for his work with Sandhi and Domaine de la Cote, uses Phelan to explore regenerative farming and a wide range of varieties in a maritime, limestone-influenced setting. The wines are made with minimal additions and an emphasis on energy, salinity and texture. They feel exploratory in the best sense, testing what coastal California can be when farming leads the conversation.