The 2015 Arneis (100% Arneis) offers lots of citrus, crushed rock and marine-like characteristics in a delicious forward, supple and easy drinking package. Aged in equal parts stainless, neutral barrels and 500-liter puncheons, drink it over the coming year or so.
Product Description:
Palmina is all about the intertwining of food and wine, and pairings of each around a table. Pairings are sometimes about wines themselves. Like yin and yang or salt and pepper, these wines have been enjoyed as an accompaniment or foil to each other over the decades. So it is with Arneis, the rich and rascally “white Barolo” that for centuries has been grown in the sandy hills of Piemonte and consumed at the table alongside Nebbiolo. Arneis (literally translated as “little rascally one” in local dialect) is choosy about where it is grown, requiring sandy and chalky soil, moderate temperatures and meticulous farming in order to produce a wine of distinction. The Honea Vineyard fits these exacting qualifications for Arneis, with the fog-laden mornings and warm sun-filled days allowing the grapes to ripen fully and still retain natural acidity. There, Palmina owner/winemaker Steve Clifton and the Honea family planted one of only two certified Arneis vineyards in California to the vineyard’s ancient alluvial soils.
