Matthiasson Oak Knoll Estate Ribolla Gialla 2022 ROSSCELLAR Roussanne goes by the name

Roussanne goes by the name Bergeron

Ribera del Duero is a region of big names

Harlan Estate

and it makes an unusually persuasive case for one of Italy's great and still-underappreciated grapes

Matthiasson Oak Knoll Estate Ribolla Gialla 2022 ROSSCELLAR Roussanne goes by the nameSteve and Jill Matthiasson made one of the very first orange wines in California, and they've never stopped refining it. This bottling comes from just seven rows of Ribolla Gialla in their home vineyard in western Oak Knoll, fermented whole cluster on the skins with native yeast, punched down twice daily for two weeks, then pressed and aged on the lees in neutral barrels for 18 months. The result is what orange wine should be: textured but not heavy,