2023 LOLA Artisanal Series St. Helena Malvasia Bianca

The LOLA Artisanal Series St. Helena Malvasia Bianca comes from the same vineyard as our Chenin Blanc: 50-year-old vines planted in 1974, just north of the town of St. Helena next to Revana and Grace Family Vineyards. The soil is bale clay with slight east slope drainage towards the Napa River. The grapes are large and plump on densely packed clusters, formed on a vertically-trained canopy to allow for maximum manageability of the wildly vigorous vines. We use four different fermentation and aging vessels (amphora, concrete, neutral oak, and stainless steel), leaving about 30% of the grape skins to ferment with the pressed juice. The wine is racked once at bottling, and bottled unfined and unfiltered. The finished wine is dry, fresh, bright, and crisp on the palate with intense floral aromas of orange blossom, nectarine, and apricot.