Lady of the Sunshine, Stolo Vineyard 'Goldie' 2023

This blend is a combination of 3 white varieties, farmed by our good friend Rajat Parr at the organically farmed Stolo Vineyard in the northern part of the SLO Coast AVA, in Cambria.  The Gewurztraminer was destemmed and then fermented with 5 days of skin contact, while the Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay were foot tread and soaked on skins overnight before being pressed the next day.  All the juice was fermented with native yeast in neutral french oak barrels. The wine went through malolactic fermentation and aged on lees for 10 months.  The wine was blended at racking for bottling, with minimal sulfur used, unfined and unfiltered.  264 cases were produced. VEGAN

Gina Hildebrand grew up on her family’s eighty-six acre Biodynamic certified farm, Narrow Gate Vineyards, in the Sierra Foothills of Northern California. After obtaining her degree in Wine and Viticulture, she spent several years working with different winemakers who focused on responsible farming in France, New Zealand, Oregon, and the Napa Valley. Gina returned to her home state of California, and established Lady of the Sunshine in 2017. Her wines are a playful expression on California sites that are serious about farming, and are made with wild yeast, neutral oak, and are not fined or filtered. Gina and her husband, Mikey, run Scar of the Sea and Lady of the Sunshine together out of their winery in San Luis Obispo, CA.