2024 Birdhorse, Verdelho 'Borden Ranch', USA Akutain Vinification: The grapes were fermented

Vinification: The grapes were fermented using 100% whole cluster with native yeasts

Retains rice in the liquid for texture and a pleasant sweetness

Each lot is then carefully blended together during fermentation

it provides incredible tension in the wine

The wine aged sur lees and it was never racked

2024 Birdhorse, Verdelho 'Borden Ranch', USA Akutain Vinification: The grapes were fermentedThe Vineyard Our Verdelho grapes hailed from two different ranches this season. The first is the Vista Luna vineyard in the Borden Ranch AVA of Lodi. Sitting on Redding gravelly clay loam soils formed from slow erosion of soil from the craggy peaks of the Sierra Nevada Mountain range these 20 year old, organically farmed vines are perfectly suited for Lodi's intense summer heat. The second vineyard is the legendary Rorick Heritage Vineyard out in