Variety: 100% Muscat
Location: Calaveras County, CA
Alcohol: 13.2%

Delicately aromatic with wild pea shoots, mandarin and almond. The palate opens to reveal a collection of tropical fruits and candied ginger. Dried apricots prevail with an undertone of roasted almonds.

Hand-harvested and destemmed. Fermented 10 days on skins before pressing to neutral barrique.

Forlorn Hope's estate wines are grown on Rorick Heritage Vineyard. Located in Calaveras County, just outside of the town of Murphys in the Sierra Foothills. Matthew Rorick purchased the property in 2013 and converted the farming to organic practices. At an elevation of 2000′, it is situated on limestone soils beneath a top layer of schist.