2020 Ruth Lewandowski 'Feints' Cuvée Zero

Region: Mendocino < California Grapes: 38% Arneis, 32% Dolcetto, 16% Barbera, 14% Nebbiolo Vineyard/Cellar Stats: Organic farming; zero additions, not even SO2; unfined/unfiltered; 12.2% ABV Winemaker Evan Lewandowski NEW VINTAGE ALERT!  Oh how we love Evan’s wines – and so do all of you, apparently, as they’re becoming harder and harder to get.  Feints, his delicious red/white co-ferment, is now allocated -- but we got 3 cases, wheeee! Whereas in previous vintages, Utah-boy Evan bought fruit from organic vineyards in California and trucked the fermenting juice cross country in a refrigerated U-Haul to make the wine in Utah, he has now moved his production to California. So, it’s the same delicious juice with a lower carbon footprint.  Win!  Made of Italian varietals (from the Piemonte region) that grow together organically in the Fox Hill Vineyard, this light red gets the full carbonic treatment.  We love the way Evan describes it: an unexpected carbonic co-ferment of Dolcetto, Bar