Emme Wines "Tell Your Sister I Say Hi" Redwood Valley Colombard 2024

Looking to layer complexity and delicacy, the 2024 'tell your sister' is composed of two distinct Colombard picks, and two distinct fermentations. The early pick (in the second week of September) was not truly fermented on skins. The second pick of Colombard (in late September, almost 3 weeks later) was also foot crushed, but with the intention of a full skins fermentation. Both portions were age separately over the winter, then blended in March before bottling. At blending, the two components were vastly different. The cold soak Colombard was textured, but pale in color and only lightly tropical on the palate. The 10 day skin ferment was sappy, intensely aromatic and dark orange in color. Together, they complement and fill one another out.