Idlewild 2023 White Wine ‘The Bee’

Tech Variety: Arneis, Muscat Canelli, Favorita, Erbaluce, CorteseLocation: North Coast, CaliforniaAlcohol: 11.5% Tasting Notes This wine shows depth of flavor while retaining a very moderate weight and a lithe finish. A balance of florals (orange blossoms), minerals (wet stones), citrus (lemon peel), and orchard fruit (pear). Just when the wine starts to feel intense in its phenolics and aromatics, the palate turns to this near rainwater-like lightness with a crisp and clean finish. Winemaking Grapes were whole cluster pressed, fermented via native yeasts, left on all the lees and solids, aged in neutral oak, and underwent native secondary fermentation. Aged on lees in neutral oak for 4 months. Vineyard The fruit comes from Fox Hill Vineyard, Lost Hills Ranch, and Las Cimas Vineyards in Mendocino and the Russian River Valley. Vineyards are farmed organically.