2018 Hatton Daniels Malvasia Bianca Ceccini Vineyard

Region: Contra Costa County < CAGrapes: Malvasia BiancaVineyard/Cellar Stats: Organic, dry-farmed vineyards on sandy soils; aged on lees for 3 months in neutral wood; unfined/unfiltered; just 1ppm added SO2 at fermentation; 54 cases made; 11.1% ABVWinemaker: Dan Fishman NEW VINTAGE ALERT! In pre-Covid days, I was in a Sommelier tasting group with a group of other professional wine geeks, one of whom is Dan Fishman, a quiet, modest and incredibly smart dude (duh, former Psych PHD candidate). After leaving his PHD program to pursue the wine dream, Dan conspired with 3 friends in 2009 to start Hatton Daniels, with the goal of making honest, terroir-specific wines, without any style forced upon them. They feel that the best way for a wine to express itself is to ensure that it is made from nothing but grapes, with no additions (other than a miniscule sulfur addition to protect from oxidation in bottle) – amen! This means that they’re picking early enough so the grapes have plenty of na