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Feature Article
Josh Jensen's Calera Wine Company produces consistently praiseworthy Pinot Noir from four single vineyards on Mt. Harlan.
A Conversation With Josh Jensen:
The Original ‘Soilest’
It’s All About the Limestone.
by
Alan Goldfarb
June 10, 2008
n the early 1970s, Josh Jensen, freshly returned from Burgundy and the northern Rhône, traipsed through California stopping to pour hydrochloric acid on the ground to see if it would react with alkaline chalk in the soil. At last, one day, high up on one of the remotest and rugged spots imaginable, the sought-after reaction occurred, which meant that Jensen had hit upon one of the only limestone deposits in the state.
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