2024 | Monte Rio Cellars The Bench Clements Hills | Lodi San Salvatore toasted thyme and cardamom on

toasted thyme and cardamom on the nose

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

The texture is nervy and built from very firm

with streaks of racy anise

2024 | Monte Rio Cellars The Bench Clements Hills | Lodi San Salvatore toasted thyme and cardamom onThis 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