Ruth Lewandowski

Ruth Lewandowski Tatto Skin Contact 2024

Name: Ruth Lewandowski Tatto Skin Contact 2024
Brand: Ruth Lewandowski
SKU: LEWANDOWSKI-TATTO
Price: 32.00 USD
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Style: Dry, medium-bodied skin-contact white with a vivid golden-orange color; explosively aromatic from the combination of eight aromatic varieties; textured and lively, with a structure that comes from the skin contact rather than tannins from wood aging
Grapes & terroir: Friulano, Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Grüner Veltliner, Malvasia Bianca, Kerner, Trebbiano Toscano, and Moscato Bianco; Fox Hill Vineyard, Mendocino County, California; organically farmed on rocky, quartz-rich, sandstone-based alluvial soils on the Talmage Bench; 650 feet elevation
Winemaking: Each variety vinified separately via whole-cluster skin maceration lasting 7 to 10 days; spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts; 10 months on lees with full native malolactic conversion; bottled unfined, unfiltered, no added sulfur at any point
Serving temperature & decanting: Serve at 50–54°F; no decanting required; allow 10 minutes in the glass after opening to let the aromatics fully open
Pairing: Spaghetti alle vongole
Similar to: A structured Alsatian skin-contact white or a natural orange wine from Friuli; both comparisons reflect the aromatic intensity and textured, mineral-driven palate that distinguishes well-made skin-contact wines from aromatic varieties

Tasting notes

Deep golden-amber with a warm, hazy glow. The nose is intense and layered, with honeysuckle, orange zest, ginger spice, Meyer lemon, and a faint musk from the Moscato. On the palate, the wine is dry, textured, and lively, with fine phenolic grip and a long, spiced finish.

Food pairings

Spaghetti alle vongole, Japanese miso-glazed cod, charcuterie, stinky washed-rind cheese, grilled octopus, Thai green curry, Lebanese hummus.

Product description

Ruth Lewandowski Tatto Skin Contact 2024 is a dry skin-contact white wine made from a blend of eight aromatic varieties grown organically at Fox Hill Vineyard in Mendocino County, California: Friulano, Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Grüner Veltliner, Malvasia Bianca, Kerner, Trebbiano Toscano, and Moscato Bianco. Produced by Evan Lewandowski at Ruth Lewandowski Wines, each variety is vinified separately through whole-cluster skin maceration lasting 7 to 10 days during fermentation with indigenous yeasts. Ruth Lewandowski Tatto Skin Contact 2024 then spends 10 months on its lees, with full native malolactic conversion, and is bottled unfined, unfiltered, and with no added sulfur. 13% ABV.

Dry/Sweet:, Dry
Wine Type:, Orange
Wine Style:, Medium Body
Grapes:, Friulano, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Muscat, Kerner, Malvasia Bianca, Grüner Veltliner, Trebbiano Toscano.
Farming:, Organic
Vintage:, 2024
Alcohol:, 13%
Country:, United States
Region:, California
Appellation:, NA
Bottle Size:, 750ml
Sugar Level:, Low Sugar, Zero Added Sugar

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Producer profile

Ruth Lewandowski

Ruth Lewandowski Wines is the project of Evan Lewandowski, founded in 2012. The name draws on the story of Ruth from the Old Testament, a narrative of gleaning — working in someone else's fields to gather what remains after the main harvest — which Lewandowski has said mirrors his own practice of sourcing fruit from other growers' vineyards and working with what each season and place provides. His winemaking philosophy is built around the conviction that the work begins in the vineyard, not the cellar, and that genuine attention to farming is the prerequisite for making honest wine.

Lewandowski worked for several years at Domaine Binner in Alsace, one of France's most respected biodynamic producers, before returning to the United States to begin making wine from California fruit. Fox Hill Vineyard in Mendocino County became his primary source, alongside Testa Vineyard in the same county, Cole Ranch in the Redwood Valley area, and other organically farmed Mendocino sites. From Fox Hill in particular, Lewandowski sources the wide array of Italian heritage varieties that form the backbone of his most distinctive wines: the carbonic co-ferment Feints, the skin-contact orange Tatto, and others.

Tatto has been one of the most consistently expressive wines in the range, a direct demonstration of what happens when skin maceration is applied to a carefully chosen group of aromatic white varieties from a single well-farmed vineyard. Each variety enters fermentation as whole clusters, macerating on the skins for 7 to 10 days, which extracts color, texture, and aromatic complexity. The co-fermentation of all components into a single blend follows, and the wine spends ten months on lees before bottling with no additions of any kind.

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Wine region

California, United States

Mendocino County occupies the upper portion of California's North Coast wine corridor, north of Sonoma County and south of the Oregon border. It is one of California's most geographically and climatically diverse wine counties, encompassing everything from the cold, ocean-influenced Anderson Valley in the west — known for Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and sparkling wine — to the warmer, more continental Ukiah and Redwood valleys in the north, where Zinfandel, Carignan, and old-vine Grenache have long been at home.

Fox Hill Vineyard, the source of all eight grape varieties in Ruth Lewandowski Tatto Skin Contact 2024, sits on the Talmage Bench between Hopland and Ukiah, just above the Russian River. The bench is composed of uplifted former riverbed material, with predominantly sandstone-based, rocky, pebbly soils that contain a significant proportion of quartz. These soils drain exceptionally well and are low in nutrients, limiting vine vigor and concentrating fruit character. At 650 feet elevation, the site benefits from warm days and cool nights, which helps preserve acidity and aromatic freshness in the white varieties planted there.

What makes Fox Hill exceptional within the California wine landscape is the variety of Italian and other European heritage plantings assembled by owner Lowell Stone starting in the late 1980s. Inspired by Italian wine culture, Stone converted much of the property from Chardonnay and Riesling to a diverse library of Italian varieties sourced from nurseries, friends, and cuttings. The result is a site where Friulano, Malvasia Bianca, Kerner, Trebbiano Toscano, and Moscato Bianco grow alongside Arneis, Dolcetto, and Nebbiolo, making it one of the most unusual vineyard sites in the American wine landscape.

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