Dirty & Rowdy is a winery in the Napa Valley region of California. It was founded by the Dirty (Hardy and Kate) and Rowdy (Matt and Amy) families. In 2010 they began making wine.

Estate vineyards: None. 100% bought-in fruit. Fruit sources (Source: Their website 31 Dec 2018).

– Alder Springs Vineyard: Location: Laytonville, CA. Mendocino County. Elevation: 2000-2700 Feet. Soils: Decomposed Sandstone, Clay, Gravely Loam. Farming: Sustainable: Wines: Chardonnay and Mourvèdre.

Antle Vineyard: Location: Soledad, CA. Monterey County, Chalone AVA. Elevation: 1900 ft. Soils: Limestone, Granite, Decomposed Granite. Farming: Organic. Wines: Mourvèdre, Melon

Delfino Vineyard: Location: Apple Hill, CA. El Dorado County. Elevation: 2400 ft. Soils: Decomposed Granite, Clay. Farming: Conventional. Wines We Make: Sparkling Pinot Blanc

Enlightenment Mountain: Location: Talmage, CA. Mendocino County. Elevation: 400 ft. Soils: Redvines Series. Farming: Organic, Dry Farmed. Wines We Make: Familiar Blanc (Chenin Blanc portion)

Evangelho Vineyard: Location: Antioch, CA. Contra Costa County. Elevation: 150 ft. Soils: Sand. Farming: Dry Farmed, Own-rooted vines. Wines We Make: Mourvèdre. NOTE: 120yr Old Vines

Fred & Dora Vineyard: Location: Talmage, CA. Mendocino County. Elevation: 400 ft. Soils: Redvines Series. Farming: Organic, Dry Farmed. Wines We Make: Petite Sirah. OTE: 80+yr Old Vines

Gamble Vineyard: Location: Yountville, CA. Napa Valley. Elevation: 300 ft. Soils: Alluvial. Farming: Organic. Wines We Make: Skin and Concrete Egg Fermented Semillon

Rosewood Vineyard: Location: Redwood Valley, CA. Mendocino County. Elevation: 400 ft. Soils: Redvines Series. Farming: Organic, Dry Farmed. Wines We Make: Mourvèdre, Petite Sirah. 90+yr Old Vines.

Santa Barbara Highlands Vineyard: Location: Ventucopa, CA. Santa Barbara County. Elevation: 3200 ft. Soils: Clay, Sandstone. Farming: Sustainable. Wines We Make: Mourvèdre, Mourvèdre Especial

Skinner White Oak Flats: Location: Rescue, CA. El Dorado County. Elevation: 1000 ft. Soils: Volcanic, Clay, Decomposed Granite
Farming: Organic (since 2013). Wines We Make: Mourvèdre.

Shake Ranche: Location: Sutter Creek, CA. Amador County. Elevation: 1900 ft -2000 ft. Soils: Volcanic, Decomposed Granite, Quartz. Farming: Organic (since 2013). Wines We Make: Mourvèdre

Skinner Stoney Creek: Location: Somerset, CA. El Dorado County. Elevation: 2400 ft. Soils: Decomposed Granite, Loam, Sandstone. Farming: Organic (since 2013). Wines We Make: Mourvèdre.

White wines

Skin and Concrete Egg Fermented Semillon: 2011 One part fermented in a concrete egg, the other was foot-trodden and fermented on skins in an open-top plastic fermenter, with 40ppm total SO2 (Isabelle Legeron, 2014, p.157).

Contact

Dirty & Rowdy, California

Bibliography

Isabelle Legeron MW, Natural Wine, An introduction to organic and biodynamic wines grown naturally (2014, Cico Books, London & New York), p.156.

Oz Clarke, Oz Clarke Wine A-Z (Pavilion, 2015), p.108.