Ruth Lewandowski Wines 2024 'Mahlon' Arneis, Fox Hill Vineyard, Mendocino County

Item Number: 23129

UPC: None

Country: USA
Region: California
Sub Region: Mendocino
Appellation/AVA: Mendocino County
Estate Grown Wine: No
Vineyard Designation: Fox Hill Vineyard
Vintage: 2024
Grape(s): 100% Arneis
Type: Wine - White
Bottle Size: 750 ml
Pack: 12
Closure: Cork
Viticulture: Practicing Organic
Soil Type: Sandy, rocky clay loam. Alluvium, derived from sedimentary rock - mainly sandstone.
Elevation: 650 feet

Vineyard Notes: This wine comes from the older block of Arneis at Fox Hill Vineyard (the younger blocks find their way into the Ruth Feints). The older vines and thinner, rockier soils produce smaller clusters, smaller berry counts and relatively higher skin to juice ratios. Therefore Mahlon ends up being quite a concentrated, intense version of Arneis.

Winemaking Notes: Fruit was foot trodden in picking bins and saw 2 hours of maceration before bladder pressing. Natural primary fermentation with no temperature control or fermentation aids of any sort. Full native malolactic conversion. 5 months on lees, one racking before blending/bottling. Unfined and unfiltered.