2025 FIANO / LANGHORNE CREEK

GROWN AT THE IL CATTIVO ESTATE IN PORT ELLIOT, A WHOLE LOT OF WINEMAKING WANKERY WAS THROWN AT THIS WINE....OXIDATIVELY HANDLED CLOUDY JUICE, BARREL FERMENTED, WILD YEASTS AND PARTIAL MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION, WEEKLY BATTONAGE (LEES STIRRING) THEN MATURATION FOR 9 MONTHS IN OLD FRENCH OAK PUNCHEONS BEFORE BEING CLEANED UP FOR BOTTLING.

RACY GRAPEFRUIT PITH AND NOUGAT. COMPLEX LIME & PINE NUTS ON THE PALATE AND FINELY TEXTURAL FINISHING WITH MINERAL ACIDITY. SHE’S DELICIOUS!