Todd Carvallo on this wine: Itasca is the newest white hybrid grape released by the University of Minnesota. Our home vineyard should be producing its first crop of Itasca for 2022, but we bought a ton of fruit from the Finger Lakes in 2021 to get some ideas.

Wild Arc Farm “Itasca” 2021

100% Itasca, Wild Arc Farm, Upstate, NY

The Vinification:Macerated whole-cluster for 24 hours, then pressed, settled, and racked into one neutral French oak puncheon. Racked only for bottling after 6 months, zero sulfur added.

The Experience: Medium bodied white with nice zippy acidity