2019 Riise Jovian Paso Robles

*Blend: 75% Tempranillo, 20% Petit Sirah, 5% Graciano

*Vintage production: n/a

*Self-taught vintner and winemaker Juan Mercado set the wine world alight as founder of modern-day Napa icon, Realm Cellars, which worked out pretty well! Having paved the way for Realm’s success, Juan set his entrepreneurial guile and vision due south to Paso Robles with his new Estate: RIISE Wines.

RIISE only went ‘live’ in early 2024, so this is ground-zero: the beginning of something remarkable, and the rarest of chances to say you were part of it from the start!