Caleb Leisure "Cedilla" Macerated Friulano, Sierra Foothills, California 2023

FROM CALEB LEISURE:

THE WINE: A rare find from the Sierras! Friulano is one of the varieties that drove me into winemaking, and I've been trying to get my hands on some since I started this project. This is from a tiny vineyard that neighbors Sumu Kaw, a site I've been working with for years. This lot stayed on its skins for the length of the ferment, a nod to some of the great examples out of Friuli, Italy.

THE PRODUCER: Caleb Leisure Wines is a small, one-person (aided greatly by the help of friends and family) natural wine project housed in Cloverdale, CA. I farm about a third of the fruit I use, adhering to principles of organics and permaculture. My winemaking is guided by ancient tradition and by properly grown organic and biodynamic California fruit. I make wine in my own facility. No additions or subtractions of any kind are made at any point.