2024 | Monte Rio Cellars The Bench Clements Hills | Lodi San Salvatore The finish intermixes smoky tannins

The finish intermixes smoky tannins and Mediterranean herbs which linger on the palate

with richness and opulence masking powerful tannins

extrovert and Mediterranean

The nose is deep

8 pH and has an IPT (total polyphenol index) of 77

2024 | Monte Rio Cellars The Bench Clements Hills | Lodi San Salvatore The finish intermixes smoky tanninsThis offering from Monte Rio Cellars is not a traditional Vermentino. It spends some time on the skins, giving it more texture and giving the wine more richness and fullness on the palate. While some might think of this as a natural wine, it is a low intervention project from a meticulously farmed vineyard. The fruit is highly aromatic with nectarine, melon, pink grapefruit, dried chicory, and sedimentary rock on the nose, and the palate is racy