Ruth Lewandowski Mahlon Arneis 2022
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| Management number | 253563795 | Release Date | 2026/10/24 | List Price | CA$14.00 | Model Number | 253563795 | ||
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Mahlon is 100% Arneis from Fox Hill Vineyard, a 60-acre, organically farmed site on the Talmage Bench in Mendocino County, California. The vineyard sits on an uplifted former riverbed from the Russian River at approximately 650 feet elevation. Soils are sandy, rocky clay loam and alluvial, with redvine, river rock, and pebbly sandstone. The 1.60-hectare block of Arneis is planted to vines around 30 years old.
Grapes are hand-harvested and foot-trodden in picking bins, then left to macerate on the skins for approximately two hours before bladder pressing. Fermentation proceeds spontaneously with indigenous yeasts, without temperature control, in 230-gallon egg-shaped polyethylene tanks. The wine goes through full malolactic fermentation and ages on its lees for five months with one racking. A small addition of sulfites is made after malolactic fermentation. The wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Arneis translates to "little rascal" in the Piemontese dialect, a reference to the grape's tendency toward low yields, rapid ripeness, and quick oxidation in the cellar. At Fox Hill, the warm inland climate of Mendocino echoes the grape's native home in Piedmont, and the lean, alluvial soils keep yields in check. The result is a concentrated, textured version of Arneis that retains brightness thanks to full malolactic fermentation and extended lees contact.
Evan Lewandowski founded Ruth Lewandowski Wines in 2012 after training at Domaine Binner in Alsace and earning a degree from the Walla Walla Institute for Viticulture and Enology. The winery name references the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament. Grapes are sourced from organically farmed vineyards in Mendocino County, and all winemaking decisions prioritize minimal intervention: indigenous yeast, no fining, no filtration.
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