Grand Mesa is the largest flattop mountain in the world.
It rises straight out of the desert to 11,000ft and then just stops. Flat.
It's an example of reverse topology where a basalt flow filled a low valley and never eroded while everything around it ground down.
My Cab Sauv grapes are grown in the shadow of this crazy geologic anomaly. 🍷
Interesting indeed.
GM
I don't understand much about topology, geology and all that jazz but I know an ancient alien airport when I see one.
LETS FUCKING GO
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BEAUTIFUL!
Damn, my home town’s Table Mountain has some competition. We do have some good wine from those parts though 🍷
Basalt makes for some tasty wines
That’s awesome! Are the cab getting southwest exposure?
Slight north slope that helps lower the temp from the desert highs
Hi ben! 🤟😉🏴☠️ Grand Mesa is a perfect reminder that time shapes landscapes just as it shapes great wine. The same forces that eroded everything around it left behind something unique just like how the right conditions, patience, and a bit of chaos create the most interesting vintages. Growing Cab Sauv in the shadow of a basalt-capped mesa? That’s terroir on a whole new level. I’d love to know how the minerality and climate there influence the wine. Must be something special!
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Very pretty.
A guy named Billy Yelverton demonstrated in a plasma lab how planetary electric discharge events can form these Mesa formations in a matter of minutes.
It's an alternative theory which explains all the missing (eroded) material required in the standard theory.
The missing eroded material is in my yard
