Villalobos "Conejo" Sémillon 2021

Defined by high acidity and gentle tannins, this fully-skin contact semillon is a new rendition of an ancient variety.  Grown on both traditional trellises and old-school espalier, this single-vineyard site is part of a greater micro-polyculture.  Native trees and shrubs dot the surrounding landscape, comingling with the vineyard itself.  Where in the states, grapes exposed to such pervasive shrubland would succumb to mildew and insect damage, here, the vines thrive.  The goal is to craft a living polyculture, and Villalobos has more than succeeded.