Fox Hill Wines

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Tasting Notes: Cherry, blackberry & chocolate on the nose, black cherry & cocoa on the palate.

The Amore Blendo is a quintessential Italian table wine. This refreshing blend of Sangiovese Piccolo, Dolcetto and Ribolla Gialla creates a light-bodied wine that pairs amicably with most foods or enjoyed on its own. This vintage is particularly special because all three grape varieties are harvested from Fox Hill Vineyards in Mendocino, which winemaker Chris Brockway has farmed since 2020. This year’s blend is full Italian too, replacing the Sauvignon Blanc from our prior vintage with a pleasantly grippy, forest fruit-driven Sangiovese Piccolo.

True to an Italian field blend, we harvested the Sangiovese, Dolcetto and Ribolla Gialla all on the same day in mid-September. We pressed all three varieties together into concrete tanks for co-fermentation. Once natural fermentation finished, we transferred the wine into neutral oak barrique to age for five months before bottling.

FUN FACT: The rows of Sangiovese Piccolo, Dolcetto and Ribolla Gialla grape vines all grow next to each on the North Forty block in Fox Hill Vineyard.

VARIETIES: 47% Sangiovese Piccolo | 34% Dolcetto | 19% Ribolla Gialla

VINEYARD: Fox Hill Vineyard

ALCOHOL: 12%

TOTAL PRODUCTION: 335 cases

Tasting Notes: Cherry, tamarind & mint on the nose, fruit punch & liquorice on the palate.

This wine is packed with energy, fun and even a bit of reverie – just like the Italian pop song that inspired it. We knew we had to give this co-ferment the spotlight when we tasted it shortly after our 2022 harvest wrapped. We love how the Montepulciano’s gentle structure and the Trebbiano’s playful acidity work so well together in the glass.

We harvested the Montepulciano and Trebbiano from Fox Hill Vineyard on the same day, field blend style. We layered the two together for co-fermentation in stainless steel tank with the Trebbiano whole cluster and the Montepulciano half destemmed and half whole cluster. Once pressed, the wine was then aged in concrete tank. The concrete tank we used is brand new this year and is the six concrete vessel in our cellar. We like aging some of our wines in concrete because it gives the same slight oxidative quality that barrels do, but without imparting any barrel sensory qualities. Using concrete can let the wine truly shine.

FUN FACT: The wine is inspired by the song Cuccurucucu by Franco Battiato, an Italian composer and pop singer.

VARIETIES: 80% Montepulciano | 20% Trebbiano

VINEYARD: Fox Hill Vineyard

ALCOHOL: 11%

TOTAL PRODUCTION: 316 cases