THE STORY: This is our first time making a sparkling wine from Fox Hill. We have been
sourcing fruit from the vineyard since 2013, and this is our first time working with the Erbalucegrowing at this special vineyard. Sam Bilbro, winemaker and friend of Fox Hill who ownsIdlewild wines, loves all things Piemonte – so he planted the Erbaluce nearly a decade ago andwe are so happy he did. This wine is described by our winemaker Chris as a lightbulb wine.After tasting it something sparks inside of you – It is refreshing, complex, floral, bright, fruity yetrefined. We promise we will make more next year to go around!We picked the grapes thinking we were going to make a white wine, but at the last minute wepivoted and decided to make it a sparkling wine. We foot stomped the grapes then gentlypressed to stainless tank to ferment naturally. When the wine fermented to about 18 grams ofsugar (still sweet), we bottled it. We let the wine ferment again in bottle, which made it bubblyas it went dry in bottle. Then we disgorged the wine one bottle at a time by hand. This is alabor of love – hand picked, bottled, disgorged and labeled.

FUN FACT: The label is a drawing of the oldest and largest growing Black Oak Tree at Fox Hill, located at the top of the North Forty. We recently put in an owl box to attract owls, which willhelp us protect the vineyard as a natural predator.

VARIETIES: 100% Erbaluce

LOCATION: Fox Hill Vineyard – Mendocino County

FARMING PRACTICES: CCOF Organic

ALCOHOL: 12%