Description
Grape Variety : Arneis.
Age of Vines : 17 years.
Farming : organic.
Winemaking : spontaneous fermentation in polyethylene with indigenous yeasts.
2021 Vintage Notes: Vintage 2021 was a remarkably low-yielding year in many of their prized Mendocino vineyards, that fact is well-documented. However, with smaller clusters, smaller berry counts and relatively higher skin to juice ratios, things were dense and concentrated…which translates to some pretty incredible intensity even at somewhat low alcohol contents. ’21 Mahlon is at once fresh and lemony, saline breezy and savory. Snappy yet textural, with textbook little white flowers, bitter almond and miso.
A Note from Evan Lewandowski: "In the dialect spoken in Piedmont, from where the grape hails, Arneis translates to "the little rascal." After working with this grape at Fox Hill Vineyard since 2009, I know exactly why they call it that. It can be finicky in the vineyard, prone to low yields and plummeting acidity/skyrocketing ripeness levels. It can also be a rascal in the cellar, oxidizing if you look at it sideways. These are but a few of the factors that have caused me to release this wine infrequently...on average in just 50% of vintages. When it's right, it is righteous...taut, mineral, exotically perfumed. This little rascal is absolutely worth the pain."
Winemaking Notes: The Mahlon Arneis spent two hours macerating with its skins post foot treading. Fermentation occurred naturally with native yeast and without temperature control. The wine went through full malolactic fermentation. Mahlon aged on the lees for 5 months with one racking. The Arneis was bottled unfined and unfiltered. A small addition of sulfites was added after malolactic fermentation.
Ruth Lewandowski Wines are all natural, organic, unfiltered, and unfined wines. While the grapes are grown in Mendocino Country, California, the winemaking process takes place in Utah. Ultimately, the end goal is to plant and grow 100% of the grapes in Utah.
Evan Lewandowski moved to Utah to attend the University of Utah and ski. During this time he fell in love with Utah and decided to stay after graduation. He acquired a passion for wine and a dream of becoming a winemaker while working at the wine bar known as The Spotted Frog (since closed). This is where Evan met Zev Rovine. Zev is currently a natural wine importer but was the owner of The Spotted Frog at this time. Zev became Evan’s mentor and encouraged him to pursue his dream of becoming a winemaker.
Evan left Utah to work at wineries around the world: Tenute Loacker, Torbreck, Cape Jaffa Wines, L’Ecole No. 41, Quintessa Winery, Bodega Colome, Quivira Vineyards, Oakvale Wines, and finally Domaine Binner. While in Washington, he earned a degree at The Walla Walla Institute for Viticulture and Enology. In 2012, after working at Binner’s in Alsace for several years, Evan Lewandowski moved back to Utah to start his own winery.
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