No other vineyard in the country but this one, as far as we know, has blocks of carricante and nerello mascalese, the two most significant white and red grapes grown on Mount Etna in Sicily.
The Centennial vineyard is an effort to determine whether, as some people believe, California is full of great wine terroirs that have not yet been discovered.
The Centennial vineyard is also an effort to determine whether, as some people believe, California is full of great wine terroirs that have not yet been discovered. Rhys is focused on French varieties. In addition to the pinot noirs, it makes smaller amounts of chardonnay and syrah. More recently, it introduced a chenin blanc and a Champagne-style sparkling wine.
“There were so few examples, and I wondered, why not plant some carricante? Salvo had a great plan but couldn’t afford it. ‘Let’s talk,’ I said.” “People think nebbiolo is a cool-climate grape, but it’s actually warm,” he said. The reason nebbiolo was so often unsuccessful outside northern Italy, he said, was that it was planted in the wrong climate.
The soil here is largely rocky schist rather than the limestone marl of the Langhe or the volcanic soils of Etna. The bianco is a basic carricante bottling that is savory, earthy and saline. It is soft and deliciously easy to drink right now. The carricante is a step up, denser, more concentrated and tightly wound though no heavier. It is tangy and saline, with floral and mineral flavors that may take several years to open up.
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