2024 Martha Stoumen Benson Ranch Nero d'Avola Rosato Mendocino County, USA
$39.99
- Certified organic vineyard and dry-farmed (non-irrigated)
- 90% Nero d’Avola, 10% Negroamaro, (90% 2024 + 10% 2022)
- Sourced from Bricarelli Ranch (Ukiah, Mendocino County)
- dry-farmed
- Planted in 2005
- Farmed by Martha Stoumen using only organic principles
- Gravelly loam soils
- Hand-harvested
- Macerated on skins and stems overnight (Vino di una notte or ‘one night wine’) before pressing
- Fermented and aged on fine lees in neutral vessels before blending
- Blended with a small percentage of Nero d’Avola rosato from the 2022 vintage
- Unfined
- Filtered for stability
- 12.5% abv
Specs
- Country United States
- Region California
- Style Rosé
- Producer Martha Stoumen
- Farming Practices Organic
- Grapes Nero d’Avola, Negroamaro
- Food Pairings Aperitif, Fried Food, Pizza Night
- Characteristics Wild Side, West Coast, Red Fruit