“Grown on the Rorick estate vineyard in Calaveras County, on soils comprised of a layer of schist over dolomite-rich limestone. Elevation of the vineyard is 2000’. The name ‘Dragone Ramato’ contains both an indication of the style of the wine as well as a historical nod to one of the families that lived on our estate in the early 1900s. ‘Ramato’, translating to ‘copper’ from the Italian, is a traditional style of wine in the Veneto, where Pinot grigio is fermented on the skins as one would make a red wine and results in a lightly colored wine which will become more copper hued as it ages. The Dragone family lived on the western end of what is now the RHV estate where our Pinot Gris is now planted, and their memory is carried on in the name that this wine bears.” - Winemaker’s notes
Forlorn Hope "Dragone Ramato" Pinot Gris Rorick Family Vineyard
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Specifications
| Winery | Forlorn Hope Wines |
|---|---|
| Varieties | Pinot Gris |
| Farming Practices | dry farmed and practicing organic |
| Soils | schist layer over dolomite-rich limestone |
| Harvest Technique | by hand |
| Year Vines Were Planted | 10 years old |
| Yeast | ambient |
| Fermentation | whole clusters placed in fermenter with daily pigeage / wine is racked to neutral barrels after 14 days / racked off of lees at 4 months and returned to clean barrels for 6 more |
|---|---|
| Maturation | 10 months in neutral 227L oak barriques |
| Filter | none |
| Fining | none |
| Alcohol | 13% |
| Item No | T040420 |
| Size | 750ML |
| Bottle Case | 12 |
| Country | United States |
| Region | California |
| Sub-region | Calaveras County |
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