Arnot-Roberts Napa Valley Ribolla Gialla Bengier Vineyard 2023 CRV10 Calabretta is a cult Etna

Calabretta is a cult Etna traditionalist working old

and the wine is built in their honor: no pretense

The high proportion of clay in this southeast-facing climat creates specific minerality and complexity

Bernard-Bonin is a tiny Meursault domaine that has rocketed into the conversation among connoisseurs in the past few years

aged in old barrels

Arnot-Roberts Napa Valley Ribolla Gialla Bengier Vineyard 2023 CRV10 Calabretta is a cult EtnaRibolla Gialla is a Friulian white grape almost unheard of outside Italy, brought to Napa in 2001 from cuttings of Josko Gravner's famous vineyard and planted at the foot of Mt. Veeder. The block now owned by the Bengier family and farmed meticulously by Steve Matthiasson sits on deep alluvial gravelly clay loam in densely planted rows, with vine to vine competition encouraged. Arnot Roberts ferments it cleanly (no skin contact here) and ages it in