Matthiasson - 2015 White Wine (Sauvignon Blanc, Ribolla Gialla, Semillon, and Tocai Friulano ) - Napa Valley, California Amarone and Soave

Amarone and Soave

Once the pioneering winemakers hit on the formula of using the old vine Garnatxa and Sàmso with small French Oak barrels

in far Northwest Spain

but with a bit more heft

The Demoulin family has been farming the stony vineyards of the Chateau for four generations

Matthiasson - 2015 White Wine (Sauvignon Blanc, Ribolla Gialla, Semillon, and Tocai Friulano ) - Napa Valley, California Amarone and SoaveSteve Matthiasson has been one of the most in demand vineyard managers in Napa for many years while also growing his own winery. This blend of roughly 50 percent Sauvignon Blanc, 25 percent Ribolla Gialla, 20 percent Semillon, and 5 percent Tocai Friulano is intended to create an archetypal white wine that gives everything one could want, richness and lightness, complexity and focus. The fruit was very lightly whole cluster pressed. All four varieties