Arnot-Roberts Napa Valley Ribolla Gialla Bengier Vineyard 2023 042326OFFER Many of these bush vines

Many of these bush vines are 60 to 120 years old

a brut bottling that puts the village's chalk-grown Pinot front and center

A blend of 80% Pinot Noir

He farms two clones

and his reds have become benchmarks for what Cabernet Franc can do in Saumur

Arnot-Roberts Napa Valley Ribolla Gialla Bengier Vineyard 2023 042326OFFER Many of these bush vinesRibolla 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