Arnot-Roberts Napa Valley Ribolla Gialla Bengier Vineyard 2023 SPRHONE where he farms Pinot Noir

where he farms Pinot Noir on limestone that runs the same seam as Chablis

the grey-green rugged hills explode with wildflowers in the spring

and built for porch season

Serve it cold and don't overthink it

and a firm mineral backbone that leads to a long

Arnot-Roberts Napa Valley Ribolla Gialla Bengier Vineyard 2023 SPRHONE where he farms Pinot NoirRibolla Gialla is a Friulian white grape almost unheard of outside Italy, brought to Napa in 2001 from cuttings of Josko Gravner's famous vineyard and planted at the foot of Mt. Veeder. The block now owned by the Bengier family and farmed meticulously by Steve Matthiasson sits on deep alluvial gravelly clay loam in densely planted rows, with vine to vine competition encouraged. Arnot Roberts ferments it cleanly (no skin contact here) and ages it in