Ruth Lewandowski Wines 2023 'Mahlon' Arneis, Fox Hill Vineyard, Mendocino County
Item Number: 20358
UPC: None
Country: USA
Region: California
Sub Region: Mendocino
Appellation/AVA: Mendocino County
Estate Grown Wine: No
Vineyard Designation: Fox Hill Vineyard
Vintage: 2023
Grape(s): 100% Arneis
Type: Wine - White
Bottle Size: 750 ml
Pack: 12
Closure: Cork
Alc by Vol(%): 12.2
Total Acidity: 6.5 g/L
pH: 3.5
Viticulture: Practicing Organic
Soil Type: Sandy, rocky clay loam. Alluvium, derived from sedimentary rock - mainly sandstone.
Elevation: 650 feet
Case Production: 335
This wine comes from the older block of Arneis at Fox Hill Vineyard (the younger block 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. 2023 Mahlon is at once textbook and surprising. Fresh and lemony, saline breezy and uniquely savory. Snappy yet textural, with unidentified little white flowers, bitter almond, sesame and miso.
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. Small addition of sulfites post malolactic fermentation.
