2021 Fiddlestix Vineyard Grüner Veltliner - Camins 2 Dreams

An enticingly exotic and intriguing display dripping with apricot, golden kiwi, Asian pear, and mandarin orange radiates with beautifully expressive and layered charms as hints of candied ginger and white pepper playfully contribute captivating glimmers of spice. Flutters of apple blossom, honeysuckle, and flower pollen gently lift aromatics while interesting notes of wild sage and aloe vera provide pleasant streaks of herbal and organic complexity. Impressions of diatomaceous earth, tilled soil, and saline minerality firmly announce the influence of coastal terroir while a lingering suggestion of honeycomb rounds out the multidimensional display. Beautifully pretty, unconventional, and nuanced on the palate while possessing a unique combination of juiciness and depth; exhibiting a mouth-filling yet thirst quenching presentation with a distinct haziness in the glass that manifests in delicious textural delight. Medium bodied and cheerfully brimming with bright acidity. This 2021 Fiddlestix Vineyard Grüner Veltliner by Camins 2 Dreams is an innovative and contemplative skin contact white from the Santa Rita Hills. 

Internationally renowned as the marquee white wine grape of Austria, Grüner Veltliner is a unique and increasingly popular variety that has been popping up more frequently in vineyards throughout California. This bottling, crafted by Camins 2 Dreams using Grüner Veltliner grown at the Fiddlesticks Vineyard in Santa Barbara's Santa Rita Hills, is an outstanding example of this classic grape made in a delightfully nontraditional style. This natural wine radiates a range of expressive and characterful stone, citrus, and tropical fruits complicated by aromatic floral tones, intriguing herbal notes, mild spicy complexity, and clean earthiness. It is gorgeous today while its fruit is at its freshest and most primary, yet possesses structure that should allow it to age surprisingly well for 2-3 years or more. Yum.