2023 Isla Vermentino

Named for my beautiful niece, the 2023 Isla Vermentino is a vacation in a bottle. Layne Vineyard in the Applegate Valley is a site we work extensively with and age of the vines, the high elevation and wide diurnal shifts create a Vermentino that is racy yet ripe, salty and tropical, and reminds us of sunbathing on a beach with a piña colada in hand. There are notes of lemon oil, lemon curd, lime, white peach, and soft floral aromas. The pallet is crisp, but full with citrus and stone fruit, a hint of briny olive, and a salty bright zesty finish.

PH 3.23, TA 5.3, 13% ABV. Direct pressed fruit, cold settled for 24 hours and racked off lees to neutral French oak 500 L puncheons. Fermentation was spontaneous and complete, and malolactic fermentation was complete.