2021 Bow & Arrow Fool's Gold, Willamette Valley, USA Robert Ampeau "Fuoripista" or "off-the-path" is sourced

"Fuoripista" or "off-the-path" is sourced from a fellow biodynamic winegrower on the high Campo Rotaliano plateau on which Foradori's estate vines lie

with lots of citrus balancing out the riot of tropical fruit

sweet malt

during which time the must is racked several times

the uncrushed berries and the whole clusters are layered in cement tanks

2021 Bow & Arrow Fool's Gold, Willamette Valley, USA Robert Ampeau "Fuoripista" or "off-the-path" is sourcedAfter experimenting in 2019 with making a Cheverny Blanc style Chard Sauv Blanc blend and having it exceed all expectations I am happy (relieved?!) to announce I went all in and made much more in 2020. While the 2019 is densely packed with dry extract and layers of dried fruits the 2020 is a slightly more subtle and nuanced take on those qualities. Like the difference between 4th and 5th grade. Or Sprewell between the Warriors and the Knicks. Or Tim