What importer Skurnik Wines has to say about this wine...
100% Nero d’Avola
75% Benson Ranch (Ukiah, Mendocino County)
14-year-old, dry-farmed (no irrigation) vines
Planted in gravelly loam soils
25% Fox Hill Vineyard (Talmage Bench, Mendocino County)
33-year-old vines (oldest Nero d’Avola in California)
Planted in sandy loam soils
Destemmed, pressed at dryness
100% Native yeast fermentation
Aged on lees for 12 months, racked, blended, and returned to barrel for an additional 6 months before bottling
Unfined and unfiltered (sediment expected)
Free SO2 8 mg/L (Total SO2 21 mg/L)
504 cases produced
13% abv
Details
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Grape Variety
Nero D'Avola
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Vintage
2021
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Size
750ml
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Farming Practice
Organic
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Sweetness
Dry
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Body
Full Bodied