Grapes were selected and harvested from the Bishop, Lark, Raven, Estate and Aurora Vineyards. Lees were stirred once a week for four months. After one year of barrel age, the wine was blended by barrel selection and bottled by gravity without filtration. This wine was aged in the bottle for seven months before its release. Light aromas of candied lemon peel and toast.
Creamy texture carries lightly-styled flavors of lemons, grapefruit peel, and green apples.
Strong acidic backbone give good brightness to the fruit. Medium length finish shows a tart citrus-peel aspect. Pleasing, straightforward, and well-made. Good, clean sound fruit was hand picked from Ponzi Estate and Aurora Vineyards and blended with grapes from Raven, Lark and Linda Vista Vineyards. The wine was fermented in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks, not exceeding 50 F. Spontaneous malolactic occurred naturally.