The Cellar · Vintage MMXXII

The Wines

Three grapes. One block of gravel. Eighteen moons in oak. Everything else is weather.

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Wild Horse Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
A single crystal glass of cabernet being swirled over an old book
MMXXII · 01

Cabernet Sauvignon

Ganchengzi · Helan Mountains · Ningxia

A cabernet of altitude. Cool nights pin the aromatics in place; the gravel pulls a savoury thread through the fruit. It is fragrant before it is heavy.

100% Cabernet Sauvignon from gravelly soil. Hand‑picked, double‑sorted, destemmed, fermented in open vats with malolactic in oak. Aged eighteen months in 300L new French and American oak barrels. Bottled unfined, with minimal sulphur.

Grape
Cabernet Sauvignon · 100%
Soil
Alluvial gravel
Aroma
Blueberry · plum · cassis
Élevage
18 months · French & American oak
Production
3,200 bottles
Format
750 ml
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Wild Horse Marselan 2022
Violet flowers, a ripe black plum cut in half, and a stemless pour of marselan on linen
MMXXII · 02

Marselan

Ganchengzi · Helan Mountains · Ningxia

If the cabernet is the wind, the marselan is the dusk. Plum jam, black cherry, a quiet lift of violet, and a tannin spine that holds the room.

100% Marselan from gravelly soil. Hand‑picked with pre‑sorting, destemmed, open‑top vat ferment, malolactic in barrel, then eighteen months in 300L new French oak — never American on this cuvée. Full bodied, lush, with complex layers and a smooth, deep finish.

Grape
Marselan · 100%
Soil
Alluvial gravel
Aroma
Plum jam · black cherry · violet
Élevage
18 months · new French oak
Production
2,400 bottles
Format
750 ml
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Wild Horse Shiraz 2022
A black peppercorn on craft paper beside a smoked plum, a pour of shiraz out of focus
MMXXII · 03

Shiraz

Ganchengzi · Helan Mountains · Ningxia

Black pepper carried on the back of a horse. Smoked plum, dried herbs, and the very last hour of sunlight on hot stones.

100% Shiraz from gravelly soil. Hand‑picked, sorted, lightly destemmed, open‑vat ferment with daily punch‑down by hand. Malolactic in barrel, then eighteen months in seasoned French oak to keep the spice forward and the oak quiet.

Grape
Shiraz · 100%
Soil
Alluvial gravel
Aroma
Black pepper · smoked plum · herb
Élevage
18 months · seasoned French oak
Production
1,800 bottles
Format
750 ml
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Wild Horse Lilu Marselan — Flagship
An unlabelled dark bottle with a plum wax seal on a stone plinth in the cellar
MMXXII · 04 · FLAGSHIP

Lilu 骊麓

Ganchengzi · Helan Mountains · Ningxia

骊麓 — the dark horse at the foot of the mountain. Our flagship cuvée and the wine the cellar was built around. A deep purple Marselan that pulls every gravel hour of the vintage into a single, unhurried glass.

100% Marselan from the oldest rows of the Ganchengzi block. Hand‑picked and double‑sorted, destemmed whole‑berry, fermented in open vats with native yeast. Malolactic in barrel, then eighteen months in 300L new French and American oak — the only cuvée in the house that sees both. Bottled unfined, with the gentlest hand on sulphur.

The pour is a deep, almost ink‑lit purple. The nose lifts blueberry, black plum, and black cherry, layered with sweet spice and a thread of toasted oak. The palate is full bodied and round, carried by refined tannins and a quiet, balanced acidity that keeps the long finish honest.

Grape
Marselan · 100%
Soil
Alluvial gravel · oldest rows
Aroma
Blueberry · black plum · black cherry · spice
Élevage
18 months · new French & American oak
Production
1,200 bottles
Format
750 ml
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A note on serving

Open. Wait. Then forget about it.

Every bottle deserves an hour with the cork out, in the room you intend to drink it in. These wines do not announce themselves — they wait for you to come back.

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