Arnot-Roberts Napa Valley Ribolla Gialla Bengier Vineyard 2023 042326OFFER a brut bottling that puts

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

The result is juicy and round

this sake is more subtle and nuanced than most highly aromatic Junmai Daiginjos

Big Orange is the producer's one-liter take on orange wine — California white grapes macerated on their skins for color

A blend of 80% Pinot Noir

Arnot-Roberts Napa Valley Ribolla Gialla Bengier Vineyard 2023 042326OFFER a brut bottling that putsRibolla 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