Arnot-Roberts Napa Valley Ribolla Gialla Bengier Vineyard 2023 CRV10 A stand out from the

A stand out from the vintage that will reward with time in the cellar

Calabretta is a cult Etna traditionalist working old

Mike Lucia put some in the ground at Cole Ranch

aged in old barrels

The high proportion of clay in this southeast-facing climat creates specific minerality and complexity

Arnot-Roberts Napa Valley Ribolla Gialla Bengier Vineyard 2023 CRV10 A stand out from theRibolla 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