2024 | Monte Rio Cellars The Bench Clements Hills | Lodi San Salvatore with streaks of racy anise

with streaks of racy anise

with richness and opulence masking powerful tannins

There is so much going on in this make sure you have the time to really savor it

The texture is nervy and built from very firm

2024 | Monte Rio Cellars The Bench Clements Hills | Lodi San Salvatore with streaks of racy aniseThis offering from Monte Rio Cellars is not a traditional Vermentino. It spends some time on the skins, giving it more texture and giving the wine more richness and fullness on the palate. While some might think of this as a natural wine, it is a low intervention project from a meticulously farmed vineyard. The fruit is highly aromatic with nectarine, melon, pink grapefruit, dried chicory, and sedimentary rock on the nose, and the palate is racy