Varietal(s): Chardonnay
Vineyard Management: Practicing organic with a focus on biodiversity
Winemaking: Macerated on skins for a minimum of 90 days, spontaneous yeast fermentation in concrete egg, aged on lees, Unfined/Unfiltered
Vegan: Yes
Typicity: Atypical. But it's not that weird, just a little extra texture with orange marmalade notes.
Bio: Andrew and Adam Mariani are fourth generation California farmers, with the family growing almonds and walnuts in Winters, California. In 2007, after working wine harvests Greece, Cote-Rotie and South Africa they returned and purchased a turkey ranch just south of the town of Sonoma at the base of Arrowhead Mountain. It took the better part of four years to revitalize the property eschewing all additives-focusing on restoring biodiversity and the soil's microbiota.
Their wines are now such a staple of low-interventionist and organic farming in Sonoma that I sometimes forget it started with two young brothers on defunct turkey ranch. What started as a bit experimental, has now quickly become the standard. That's how I know I'm getting old.
