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It is at once the nation’s heritage grape—a survivor of the Gold Rush era—and its most misunderstood varietal. For decades, the market was dominated by monolithic, high-octane bottlings, often jammy and over-extracted, designed to appeal to a palate that equated
This distinctive style of wine is produced from white grapes using a method more commonly associated with red winemaking: extended skin contact. The result is a wine with a deep amber, orange, or copper hue, complex tannic structure, and a
