Bright yellow and cloudy in the glass, this wine rocks. I could sit here and describe the 2012 Dirty & Rowdy Semillon in so many different ways: funky and fleshy, bold and intense, well-structure with great acidity, herbaceous and a little spicy, pink grapefruit and nutty? Yes, it’s all that and more.

Hardy Wallace, winemaker at Dirty & Rowdy Family Winery, uses concrete egg-shaped vats to ferment 20% of the fruit while 80% is fermented on its skins in an open-top tank. The result is a bright, vibrant, refreshing wine.

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Pairings: Cheese with a bit of funk on them, poultry, fish.

Style: White Wine

Grape Type(s): Semillon

Region: Napa Valley, CA, USA

Price: $30