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2019 Ryme Sangiovese/Friulano Fox Hill Vineyard

2019 Ryme Sangiovese/Friulano Fox Hill Vineyard

Region: Mendocino < California

Grapes: Sangiovese, Friulano

Vineyard/Cellar Stats: Organic farming; Friulano is planted next to the Sangiovese, picked together and co-fermented carbonically; aged in Puncheon and bottled in January, unfiltered and with a minuscule sulfur addition; 12% ABV

Winemaker: Megan Glaab

Ryme is a small Sonoma-based label from a young husband and wife team, Megan and Ryan Glaab (the name Ryme is, in fact, a combo of their names – RY + ME). They don’t own any vineyards, but put a lot of work into forging vineyard relationships with organic growers from Santa Barbara to Mendocino County.  Each is an accomplished vigneron in his/her own right.  For years Ryan was the assistant winemaker at Wind Gap, before leaving last year to focus full-time on Ryme.  And Megan, who got her enology degree from the University of Adelaide in Australia, where she was force fed all the tricks and tools for making standard-issue wine, has respectfully ignored all the conventional rules and instead forged her path towards low-intervention, mindful winemaking.  She says she and Ryan are driven by their palate, wanting to make the wines she has always loved to drink – high acid, low alcohol, mineral-driven wines that showcase terroir.  

We're big fans of all of Megan and Ryan's wines, but this one was a fun surprise, super different than the rest of their range.   Inspired by the red/white blends made by their good friend Evan Lewandowski (the fruit even comes from his vineyards!), this carbonic red/white co-ferment is the prettiest translucent cherry red color.   It literally bursts with ripe cherry, cinnamon and rose water. Nothing like a full throttle, old school Sangiovese, this is frothy and delicious, like cherry Jolly Rancher juice. They recommend that you "chill it and swill it", and we couldn't agree more.
SERVE SLIGHTLY CHILLED.
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