2016 Idlewild ‘the bee, flora & fauna white’

Price: $25 Region: Lake and Mendocino Counties < CaliforniaGrapes: 54% Muscat Canelli (a.k.a Muscat Blanc, Moscato Bianco), 42% Arneis, and 5% CorteseVineyard/Cellar Stats: Organic farming, three vineyards: Lake County (volcanic soils), Potter Valley, Mendocino (high altitude), Fox Hill Vineyard, Mendocino (gravel and sandstone soil). Co-fermented, aged on lees in neutral barrel for 4 months.; 12.4% ABVWinemaker: Sam Bilbro The Bilbro family emigrated to the United States in 1900 from Italy and, like, many new European arrivals to California, they planted grapes. Eventually the family expanded beyond home winemaking to form Marietta Cellars, where Idlewild winemaker Sam Bilbro and his two older brothers grew up. Each left Sonoma County at the age of 18, and each returned within 10 years to join the family business. Now Jake, the oldest, runs Marietta. Scott, the middle brother, bought Limerick Lane in Healdsburg. And the baby started Idlewild. Marietta’s claim to fame is a big, fru