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Tasting Wheel

Tree fruit aroma family photo
Tree fruit
Oak aroma family photo
Oak
Spice aroma family photo
Spice

Tasting facts

aciditySoft → Bright
sweetnessDry → Sweet
intensityLight → Bold

With food · Shellfish, Vegetarian, Poultry, Pasta, Rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), Lean fish

Producer pairings · Mediterranean food: tinned fish, wood-grilled fish, feta cheese, oil-cured black olives, calamari, braised greens with pine nuts and raisins, eggplant, hummus. Favorite pairing: baked salt-crusted fish.

House

Producer
Matthiasson
Founded
2003
Founder
Steve and Jill Matthiasson
Home region
Napa Valley, California
Flagship
Napa Valley White Wine
Ownership
Matthiasson family

Steve and Jill Matthiasson, sustainable-agriculture farmers, founded their family winery in Napa in 2003, buying their first vineyard in 2006 and their winery in 2017, and became known for balanced, lower-alcohol wines.

Matthiasson has always been fascinated by the history of agriculture, food and fermented beverages. Wine is an ancient tradition, going back at least ten thousand years, and for millennia it was common to add a little seawater or sea salt to wines to enhance flavor and increase longevity.

Wikipedia

Orange wine (non-vintage)

Matthiasson Ancient White No. 2

Description

Fermented on the skins with no added yeast, then aged in a clay amphora. Grapes: Greco di Tufo.

Wine.com price

$51.99

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Type
Orange
Varietal
Orange wine (non-vintage)
Grapes
Orange wine
Region
Country
United States
Colour
Orange
Price band
$35-60
Oak
Aged in a clay amphora (no oak)
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Critic review

92 points · Wine Enthusiast · 2014

Crisp, refreshing and uniquely spicy and mineral-driven, this blends 50% Sauvignon blanc, 25% Ribolla Gialla, 20% Sémillon and 5% Tocai Friulano—all unusual varieties in the Napa Valley. Light, bright and fleshy, it tastes of lemon, mango and the sea.

Virginie Boone · Wine Enthusiast

NV bottling; review is for the same wine (same producer and varietal) from vintage 2014.

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