This wine has ALL of the flowers. There are roses, geraniums, plumeria – with just a hint of white pepper in the background. Think lemon cucumber, orange blossoms, candied ginger, saffron and a squeeze of lemon.
Totally weightless, gossamer in texture. Ethereal and romantic.
Pair with Quiche Lorraine, a cold leek potato soup, or a pea salad.
This wine was aged in neutral French Oak for 8 months. No malolactic fermentation was allowed.
2020 Ricci Dry Muscat
$22.00
The Muscat Canelli found at Ricci vineyard was originally introduced through a pure appreciation for the varietal. The first cuttings of Muscat were brought over from the Moon Mountain AVA in Sonoma and grafted onto existing rootstock to replace Semillon vines already growing in the vineyard.
There are exactly 41 vines of Dry Muscat on the Ricci property. When Dale ripped out his first experimental vineyard to make room for more St. Laurent, he left the one row of Muscat for the kids (and raccoons) to eat. That is how they were left for a number of years until 2019 when they threw some nets over it and decided to make wine. They get about 22 cases.
On the label is a photo of an old Stornetta Dairy truck that Dale got in 1988. It was an old retired truck but the refrigeration worked so he used it to store his budwood. The back of the the truck was the original Ricci nursery. The Stornetta’s helped Dale’s grandfather out when he had Influenza and was too sick to work, the brothers came over and milked the cows for him. The truck is a particularly meaningful time capsule since the historic Stornetta Dairy burned in the 2017 fires.