Martha Stoumen, Nero d'Avola Rosato 2022

Whole clusters (stems intact) of Nero d’Avola and Negroamaro foot tread for an overnight maceration on skins before pressing the following day. Co-fermented and aged in neutral tanks and neutral oak barrique for 6 months. Unfined. Filtered for stability. 30ppm sulfur added at bottling. VEGAN

Nero d'Avola and Negroamaro from Bricarelli Ranch, Ukiah, Mendocino County. Head-trained, dry-farmed (non-irrigated) vineyard, farmed by Martha according to organic principles (no pesticides, herbicides, or synthetic fertilizers); gravelly loam benchland soils, where Italian farming families first planted vineyards (reserving the rich valley floors for vegetables). 

Vino di una notte... This translates to ‘one night wine’ and refers to the technique of crushing grapes and leaving them to macerate on skins (and in our case, stems) in their own juice overnight, adding color, texture, and complexity. A wine that falls between rosé and a red wine. Zippy and bright like a rosé but textured and robust like a red wine. 411 cases produced.