Forlorn Hope Queen of the Sierra Calaveras Co. Estate White Wine 2023 RFLASH Graciano was widely planted across

Graciano was widely planted across Spain — especially Rioja — before phylloxera wiped it out

The infusions are then distilled separately

dark fruit

bottled unfined and unfiltered with minimal sulfur

Forlorn Hope Queen of the Sierra Calaveras Co. Estate White Wine 2023 RFLASH Graciano was widely planted acrossThe white in Matthew Rorick's Queen of the Sierra trio, grown organically on the Rorick Heritage Vineyard at 2,000 feet in Calaveras County over a layer of schist and dolomite rich limestone. Chardonnay, Verdelho, and Muscat are hand picked, foot trod, and co fermented with native yeast in open tank before resting in large neutral barrel. Bottled unfined and unfiltered with minimal SO2. The Chardonnay supplies frame, Verdelho a faint nuttiness, Muscat