Arnot-Roberts Napa Valley Ribolla Gialla Bengier Vineyard 2023 042326OFFER and fine-grained without the heaviness

and fine-grained without the heaviness you might fear

The result is juicy and round

He farms two clones

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

Arnot-Roberts Napa Valley Ribolla Gialla Bengier Vineyard 2023 042326OFFER and fine-grained without the heavinessRibolla 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