Emme Wines Valdiguie Ricetti Vineyard Violet Sky Redwood Valley 2023 750ml

Organic. 100% Valdiguié. Drawn from the single vineyard Ricetti in the Redwood Valley appellation of Mendocino. Winemaker Rosalind Reynolds describes this unique wine as a product of the cool, slow-growing 2023 season: “Always the slowest fruit to ripen at Ricetti, in 2023 the Valdiguié really struggled to gain sugar. We worried about it at first and wanted to hang it into late October, but the vines are old and were beginning to shut down. So, we decided to go with the season, and picked the fruit at about 19 brix. This is less sugar than I generally pick at, and the resulting wine is very low in alcohol (10%). It is shockingly bright and juicy, and I am looking forward to watching the 2023 Valdiguié age.” At harvest, the fruit was partially foot-crushed, then fermented whole-cluster for a week. Fermentation finished in stainless, then the wine rested in neutral barrique for five months. Unfined, unfiltered, zero SO2 added.