Wine: Forlorn Hope 2021 Dragone Ramato

Producer: Forlorn Hope

Varietal: Pinot Gris, Pinot Grigio

Region: Sierra Foothills, California

Weight: 750mL

ABV: 12.07%

Notes: Deeply hued and highly aromatic with herbaceous tropical fruit and black cherry popsicle.

The name ‘Dragone Ramato’ contains both an indication of the style of the wine as well as a historical nod to one of the families that lived on our estate in the early 1900s. ‘Ramato’, translating to ‘copper’ from the Italian, is a traditional style of wine in the Veneto, where Pinot grigio is fermented on the skins as one would make a red wine and results in a lightly colored wine which will become more copper hued as it ages. The Dragone family lived on the western end of what is now the RHV estate where our Pinot gris is now planted, and their memory is carried on in the name that this wine bears.