Forlorn Hope Queen of the Sierra Calaveras Co. Estate White Wine 2023 Esthers and orange peel framed by

and orange peel framed by mint and chalk notes

A truly delicious bottling that has everything that one loves about Makers with so much added depth and complexity

The palate is creamy with heaps of brown sugar

The 2022 benefited from the lowest crop the vineyard has ever yielded

the 1200-acre estate encompasses the furthest eastward portion of the Atlas Peak AVA in Napa Valley

Forlorn Hope Queen of the Sierra Calaveras Co. Estate White Wine 2023 Esthers and orange peel framed byThe 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