2022 Neal Family Vineyards "Rutherford Dust Vineyard" Vermentino, Napa Valley, California, USAABOUT THIS WINE This Vermentino is 100% estate grown in the Rutherford AVA of Napa Valley, California. Mark Neal has long experimented with lesser known international varietals, and Vermentino has proven to be one of the most succesful. Mark utilizes a proprietary stacked vine training system, which he invented to maximize vineyard yield. Vineyard stacking trains the white grapes to grow low to the ground to absorb the reflected heat, while the red

Ideal condition at the beginning of the growing season with mild temperatures led to an early budbreak

This winery operates on a strictly gravity-fed basis to avoid any harsh treatment of the must

their first year of production

Ginny now produces several wines under the Big Flower label

Mitica was launched as a brand in 2003 by Forever Cheese

After fermentation the wine is further aged for 3 months on fine lees

This is the cadaster name for Oelberg’s best parcel (which some claim is the best parcel in the entire Roter Hang) and it’s Sebastian’s “GG

We harvested a single clone/single block in 2019

and aged 3 years on the fine lees before being bottles unfined and unfiltered

It’s fermented only by native yeasts

The grapes are hand-harvested and undergo a gentle

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