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| Producer | Matthiasson |
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| Country | United States |
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| Region | California |
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| Subregion | Napa Valley |
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| Varietal | Proprietary White |
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| Vintage | 2020 |
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| Sku | 210000015384 |
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| Size | 750ml |
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This wine is our conception of a mythical “ideal” wine…a California wine with a spiritual connection to
Friuli, Italy, but also drawing inspiration from the great whites of the Loire, Burgundy, Graves, Alsace, the
Rhone, old-school Napa and Sonoma…actually the list of great whites we are inspired by goes on and
on, and it is all wrapped up in this wine. This wine is an attempt at getting at the core of what white wine
is all about, the archetypal “white wine,” thus the name. It’s a very intentional blend of four varieties from
two vineyards.
The blend is roughly 50 % Sauvignon blanc, 25 % Ribolla gialla, 20 % Semillon, and 5 % Tocai friulano.
The Sauvignon blanc brings a clean fresh citrusy acidity and some tropical character. The Ribolla gialla
brings seashell minerality, nuttiness, and structure to the blend. The Semillon contributes viscosity and
waxiness that adds gravity and weight. The Tocai friulano adds spicy aromatic notes. The acidity and fruit
expression is balanced by a rich lees character and a faint backdrop of creamy oak. There is interplay in
the wine between lightness and richness, and focus and complexity.
The 2020 White Wine has its trademark spice and mineral quality, and another perfect growing season
helped the wine deliver plenty of acidity and freshness. Trademark flavors include white peach, kafir lime,
lychee nut, beeswax, ripe fig, and pineapple, with prominent wet stones, flint, oyster shells, and freshly
baled straw.
The fruit was very lightly whole-cluster-pressed. All four varieties were blended immediately upon dryness,
racked and returned onto the lees for aging until bottling. We used 15% new Boutes barrels, with no stirring.
To preserve all of the acidity the wine was prevented from going through malo-lactic fermentation. After
ten months of barrel aging, the wine was filtered to prevent malolactic fermentation in bottle, and then
bottled. Intended to age, the White Wine is held in bottle for at least a year before release, but will reward
much longer aging. The first vintage, 2005, is still going strong
An aromatic nose of jasmine, orange peel, pink grapefruit and wet stone. Medium-bodied with lovely mineral character. Well balanced, with some tannin structure. 36% semillon, 32% ribolla gialla, 29% sauvignon blanc and 3% friulano. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold.
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