Ruby Blanca Clements Hills Barbera 2021 0426JACKSON It’s best enjoyed neat

It’s best enjoyed neat

and candied lemon into a tense

with shallow clay soil and a maritime-influenced climate (thanks to the San Francisco Bay) yielding grapes perfect for expressing Chandon’s signature vibrancy and balance

A majority of corn balanced with light malt aged in ex bourbon barrels

Ruby Blanca Clements Hills Barbera 2021 0426JACKSON It’s best enjoyed neatRuby Blanca is named for the winemaker's two grandmothers, Rubelia and Blanca, and this Barbera was the project's debut bottling we were more than a bit impressed. It comes from Clements Hills, the rolling eastern edge of Lodi, and it is made about as simply as wine gets: organically farmed fruit, native yeast, no fining, no filtration. The result is earthy and light enough to chill, which is not what most people expect from California Barbera. The