{"product_id":"chilion-skin-contact-ruth-lewandowski-natural-wine","title":"Chilion Skin Contact 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003eChilion is 100% Cortese sourced from two acres at Fox Hill Vineyard on the Talmage Bench, a strip of uplifted former Russian River riverbed situated between Hopland and Ukiah in Mendocino County. The vines are approximately 30 years old, head-trained and cane-pruned, growing in alluvial, rocky sandy clay loam derived from sandstone at 650 feet elevation. Those two acres account for roughly one-sixth of all Cortese planted in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2020 vintage was destemmed and fermented spontaneously with full skin contact for over six months, with no temperature control and no fermentation aids. The skins were pressed on the spring equinox of 2021. The wine then aged an additional six months in neutral barrels and egg-shaped tanks. It went through full native malolactic conversion, was bottled unfined and unfiltered, and received no added sulfites at any point. Total acidity is 6.1 g\/L at a pH of 3.65, with 13.2% ABV. Production was 285 cases.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCortese in its conventional form is a restrained, high-acid white grape known for light citrus, peach, and almond notes with minimal tannin. The six-month maceration here transforms those baseline characteristics into something denser and more structured, adding baking spice, dried herbs, preserved citrus, and a phenolic grip that the grape does not normally exhibit. The result is an orange wine that reads nothing like Gavi and everything like a maximalist expression of a variety that most drinkers have only encountered in a far quieter register.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvan Lewandowski farms his Fox Hill plots in collaboration with Sam Bilbro under the name Wild Ruth Farming, a partnership focused on holistic, organic practices and the elimination of synthetic chemicals and pesticides.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ruth Lewandowski","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37293941981383,"sku":"LEWACHIL19C","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/ruth-lewandowski-chilion-orange-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1780186752","url":"https:\/\/primalwine.com\/products\/chilion-skin-contact-ruth-lewandowski-natural-wine","provider":"Primal Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}