Railsback Frères ‘Soeur’ Santa Ynez Vineyard Vermentinu Santa Maria, 2020
Vinified in a mix of concrete egg and neutral burgundy barriques, using only native yeasts; each was allowed to complete a natural malolactic. After choosing two barrels of each terroir to bottle separately as a vineyard designate, the remaining barrels were then blended and bottled without fining, only a rough filtration, and only the smallest amount of SO2 added at bottling.
A partnership with the Santa Ynez Vineyard is from a Northeast-exposition on clay/loam, whose 2020 Vermentinu was quieter, more tightly wound, and with a slight “noble reduction” that we enjoy from our favorite white wine vignerons. Full of understated potential, it will likely show a greater sense of detail after some time in the cellar or a gentle decanting.
