2023 Ruth Lewandowski 'Abandoned Meander' Scheurebe

From Winemaker Evan Lewandowski And so it came to pass that a heralded Napa Valley estate decided to end production on their famed late harvest dessert style wine made from the almost-unknown Scheurebe grape and replant to something else more … desirable let’s say. As it happened, Steve Matthiasson was approached about it and offered the fruit from the final vintage to make a ‘last hurrah’ type thing. Steve ended up not needing all the fruit off the vineyard to supply his own wine club needs so he then reached out to Jolie Laide with the proposition of taking the remainder, which they happily accepted. Jolie Laide ended up not needing all the fruit THEY were offered either, at which point Scott Schultz of JL called me. “Dude, want some Napa Valley Phelps Vineyard Scheurebe?!” Who WOULDN’T ROFL at that question?! With aromatic white grape proclivities that often resemble something from an episode of ‘Hoarders,’ there’s no way I could say no. Well, here we are, a year later and she’s in