{"title":"Desire Lines","description":"\u003cp\u003eChildhood sweethearts Cody and Emily Rasmussen met in Iowa, but their travels around the world would bring them to their fate in wine, with Italy sealing the deal.  After being bitten by the wine bug, the pair uprooted and moved to Sonoma without ever having visited Northern California. It was here that Cody took his first job at at Balletto Vineyards where he cut his teeth with some of the industry’s best.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe then worked harvests at Patz \u0026amp; Hall in Sonoma and Craggy Range Winery in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, before becoming Bedrock Wine Co’s third employee in summer 2013. If you’ve been a loyal customer to the shop, you know that Bedrock remains a shop staple, some of the best and most undervalued wines in California, it’s no wonder that Cody would continue to make wines of such character and pedigree.  They have a certain ability to be incredibly complex, yet simple to drink at the same time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are wines that express true Californian terroir at its best, with careful sourcing from careful vetting from Cody and Emily. A true testament to historical vineyards as well as expressing the potential of where the new California wines are headed.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"desire-lines-evangelho-vineyard-carignan-2019-gfcell-pvt","title":"Desire Lines, Evangelho Vineyard Carignan, 2019","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Evangelho Vineyard is California history in a glass: own-rooted Carignan planted in the 1890s, growing in over thirty feet of pure sand in Contra Costa County, right where the San Joaquin Delta sends coastal winds rushing over the warm vines. That sand is the secret - it gives the wine suave, fine-grained tannins you can't fake. Cody and Emily Rasmussen of Desire Lines treat these ancient vines like cru Beaujolais, with a touch of carbonic and a splash of Mourvedre for flesh. This 2019 comes from a warm, generous vintage, leaning into riper red fruit while keeping the site's signature lift.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Private","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45862763364409,"sku":"NYC-[PVT]-PVT-GFCELL-051926-DLEVC2019-ROW837-BOX 134, 238\/269","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/1518\/0601\/files\/Desire-Lines-Evangelho-Vineyard-Carignan-2019-Red-Wine-Flatiron-Wines-Spirits-New-York.jpg?v=1779289682"},{"product_id":"desire-lines-evangelho-vineyard-carignan-2021-gfcell-pvt","title":"Desire Lines, Evangelho Vineyard Carignan, 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eSame legendary vineyard, different season. Desire Lines draws this Carignan from the own-rooted, 1890s-planted vines at Evangelho in Contra Costa County, where over thirty feet of pure sand and Delta winds produce a red with silky, fine-grained tannins and irrepressible perfume. Cody and Emily Rasmussen ferment with a portion of whole cluster and carbonic, blending in a bit of Mourvedre, in a style inspired by the great cru Beaujolais. The 2021 hails from a more classic, balanced vintage - bright, energetic, with crunchy red fruit and a little more tension than the warmer 2019. Chill it lightly and pour generously.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Private","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45862763429945,"sku":"NYC-[PVT]-PVT-GFCELL-051926-DLEVC2021-ROW838-BOX 77, 87","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/1518\/0601\/files\/Desire-Lines-Evangelho-Vineyard-Carignan-2021-Red-Wine-Flatiron-Wines-Spirits-New-York.jpg?v=1779289684"},{"product_id":"desire-lines-griffins-lair-syrah-2018-gfcell-pvt","title":"Desire Lines, Griffin's Lair Syrah, 2018","description":"Griffin's Lair is where Desire Lines began — the founding vineyard for the label, the first site Cody and Emily Rasmussen bought fruit from, back in 2015. The site sits in the Petaluma Gap, planted in 2000 to four Syrah clones on 3309C rootstock at a time when cold-climate Syrah here was a brave bet; Joan Griffin took over as her own vineyard manager in 2006 and moved the farming to non-certified organic, with no-till soils and compost teas feeding the life below ground. Cody's point about the place is that the cellar work is practically identical every year, so the vineyard writes each vintage's character into the bottle on its own. Here that means un-inoculated fermentation with 50% whole cluster and a submerged cap through the first half, pressed off just short of dryness, then 15 months in neutral large-format barrels — nothing added, nothing sanded down. The 2018 has the pliancy, sinewy heft and briny personality of the 2015 with a brightness and snap that recalls the 2016. This is cool-climate California Syrah in the neo-classical mode the Rasmussens are after: savory, structured and built to age.","brand":"Private","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45862763462713,"sku":"NYC-[PVT]-PVT-GFCELL-051926-DLGLS2018-ROW839-BOX","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/1518\/0601\/files\/Desire-Lines-Griffins-Lair-Syrah-2018-Red-Wine-Flatiron-Wines-Spirits-New-York.jpg?v=1780152607"},{"product_id":"desire-lines-experimental-series-4-fred-rides-again-mourvedre-2019-gfcell-pvt","title":"Desire Lines, Experimental Series 4 Fred Rides Again Mourvedre, 2019","description":"\u003cp\u003eDesire Lines' Experimental Series is exactly what it sounds like - small, playful one-offs where Cody Rasmussen tries something new. 'Fred Rides Again' is a Mourvedre bottling, and Mourvedre is one of the varieties this winery is best known for coaxing into elegance rather than brute force. Like their other Contra Costa work, the fruit here comes from old sandy-soil vines that give suppleness and perfume. Production is tiny and these wines don't come around often. If you're a fan of the house style or just love a Rhone grape done with a light hand, grab it while you can.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Private","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45862763495481,"sku":"NYC-[PVT]-PVT-GFCELL-051926-DLES4FRAM2019-ROW840-BOX 119, 248","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/1518\/0601\/files\/Desire-Lines-Experimental-Series-4-Fred-Rides-Again-Mourvedre-2019-Red-Wine-Flatiron-Wines-Spirits-New-York.jpg?v=1779289685"},{"product_id":"desire-lines-syrah-shake-ridge-ranch-2018-gfcell-pvt","title":"Desire Lines, Syrah Shake Ridge Ranch, 2018","description":"\u003cp\u003eShake Ridge Ranch is the Sierra Foothills' most coveted vineyard, farmed organically by the legendary Ann Kraemer, who tailors her work to each winemaker she supplies - and Desire Lines' Cody Rasmussen (who cut his teeth alongside Morgan Twain-Peterson at Bedrock) makes one of its finest Syrahs. The site sits in Amador County just uphill of the Melones Fault, in the heart of the old Mother Lode. This 2018 is deep and savory, full of blue fruit, wild game and cracked black pepper, but built with the freshness and restraint that defines the house. A serious cool-leaning California Syrah with years ahead of it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Private","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45862763528249,"sku":"NYC-[PVT]-PVT-GFCELL-051926-DLSSRR2018-ROW841-BOX 123\/133","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/1518\/0601\/files\/Desire-Lines-Syrah-Shake-Ridge-Ranch-2018-Red-Wine-Flatiron-Wines-Spirits-New-York.jpg?v=1779289686"}],"url":"https:\/\/nyc.flatiron-wines.com\/collections\/desire-lines.oembed","provider":"Flatiron Wines \u0026 Spirits NYC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}