2017 Queen Of The Sierra Estate White Wine
Calaveras County, USA
Refreshing, floral yet texturally intriguing white blend out of the Sierra foothills in USA.
$40.00
Out of Stock
This is great drinking. GREAT.
Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)
About The Wine
The Queen of The Sierra wines have the same frentetic energy as their makers.
Matt Rorick and Dainelle Shehab make their Californian wines (and their Barossa Valley gear, too) at a crazy pace. Vintage is all good times, good tunes, foot-stomping, head-banging and rabble-rousing. It shows in the good-times vibes you get in each bottle.
This wine is the white blend off Matt's organically-farmed vineyard in Calaveras County. The varieties Verdelho, Muscat, and Chardonnay combine into a frisky, floral white that has excellent texture from time in barrel. It's a delicious and easy-drinking white that will have draining the bottle in no time.
About Forlorn Hope
Matthew Rorick is one of California's rockabilly winemaking superstars.
His love for the unloved and obscure varieties dotted around his homeland combined with his stripped-back, bare-knuckle winemaking style have seen his small batches of 'Rare Creatures' develop a feverish cult following in the US of A.
These rogue wines of California are some of the most exciting in the state. The Queen Of The Sierra Estate wines are grown on Matt Rorick's garden of Eden Heritage vineyard in the Sierra Foothills. The fruit is farmed without chemicals, the wines re untinkered-with aside from a dash of SO2.
Want rockabilly wine made with real heart and soul? You've found it.
California, USA
From The Producer
The 2017 Queen of the Sierra white estate blend was grown on the Rorick Heritage Vineyard in Calaveras County at 2000’ elevation, featuring soils comprised of a layer of schist over dolomite-rich limestone. Composed primarily of Verdelho, Muscat, and Chardonnay, the wine shows all of the aromatic complexity and textural presence that are the hallmarks of wines grown on the limestone of our estate.
Blend : Verdelho, Muscat, Chardonnay
ABV : 12.68%
Closure : Cork
Drink Until : 2024
Bottle Size : 750ml
California, USA
Critic Reviews
"Fragrant, floral and lemony scents, some green mango, talc-minerally scents too. Juicy and lightly creamy feel in texture, ripe stone fruits the flavour, lovely as, soft creamy yeasty notes carrying through and a neat, waxy finish. Texture, personality. This is great drinking. GREAT." - Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)
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