2018 Ryme Las Brisas Vineyard Hers Vermentino (SOLD OUT)
2018 Ryme Las Brisas Vineyard Hers Vermentino (SOLD OUT)
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Producer: Ryme Cellars
Region: Carneros, Sonoma County, California
Varietal: Vermentino
Year: 2018
Retail Price: $27.00
Our Price: $24.99
Tasting Note: The 2018 Vermentino is eminently mouth-watering and refreshing. It bursts with gingery spice, pineapple rind, chamomile, and salty sea spray. The palate is zippy and crunchy but rounds out with texture and depth.
Winemaker Notes: "Megan and I make a great pair. Our tastes in wine rarely diverge. We agree 99% of the time. This Vermentino represents a fundamental disagreement of the most endearing qualities this grape has to offer.
Inspired by some of our favorite producers in Italy like Dettori and Massa Vecchia, and being an orange wine fanatic in general, I knew we had to make Vermentino as a compliment to the Ribolla Gialla when I came across the Las Brisas Vineyard in Carneros. Megan thought it was a superb idea, but had her sights fixed on the bright, clean, aromatic examples from places like the Ligurian coast or Gallura in Sardegna. The only compromise was to have separate projects, 'His' and 'Hers'.
'Hers' with a green label harvested for freshness and energy. It is whole cluster pressed and bottled early. 'His', orange label, is fermented on the skins, and requires more time in barrel. This aromatic late-ripening variety comes from the cool foggy Las Brisas Vineyard on the Sonoma side of Carneros AVA. Situated on sandy silt and gravel at the end of the Petaluma Wind Gap and just off San Pablo Bay, it is a beautiful site for white wines."
Vinification: The wine was whole cluster pressed, settled clean, and fermented without inoculation in a combination of old neutral barrels and stainless steel. The wine underwent a spontaneous partial malolactic fermentation.
Sustainability: "Our wines come from conscientiously farmed organic or sustainable vineyards. They are produced according to simple methods. The wines are always encouraged, never controlled. We use no cultured yeast, no temperature control, no enzymes or other adulterants. We do not fine or filter. The wines are raised in used French oak barriques between 2 and 10 years old. Many of the reds are fermented on the stems. Many of the whites are fermented on the skins."
Sustainably grown and vegan-friendly.
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