Variety: 100% Vermentino
Vineyard: Cressida Vineyard
Location: Napa Valley, CA
Alcohol: 13%
Production: 497 cases

Refreshing and lip-smacking, with oodles of texture from the shale soil, along with ripping acidity from the cool Carneros climate. Richer fruit flavors like dates or figs, even papaya, along with lifting herbal notes such as tarragon or chervil. All of this carried by a broad powerful expression of Vermentino. If you like salty seafood whites, this is your wine.

Harvested on the early side, then grape bunches were split into two fermentation lots. The riper portion of the vineyard was fermented on the skins in a tank, while the less ripe portion of the vineyard went direct to press and was pressed whole cluster like Champagne. The juice from this second lot was fermented in neutral barrels. Lots were then blended to achieve the best of both worlds – bright acidity and textured depth. Only native yeasts were used in the fermentation.

The Matthiassons purchased the Cressida Vineyard along with their partners Perry Tam and Laura Yip in 2022. It is planted along the spine of a ridgetop in the upper section of Los Carneros, overlooking the Bay, with the San Francisco skyline clearly visible across the water. It receives the perfect balance of warm sun and cooling Bay winds, straight off the Pacific and through the Golden Gate. The soils are shale from an ancient inland sea – the vineyard is the foot of the Mayacamas, with the Cressida Vineyard at the base and Mt. Veeder at the top.