Ruth Lewandowski Chillion

Ruth Lewandowski Chillion is made from 100% Cortese grapes from the Fox Hill Vineyard (on cooler north facing slopes) in Mendocino. Grapes are destemmed and go through 6 months of skin contact in egg shaped tanks. Amazing palate of candied orange, quince cognac, crushed rocks. The wine displays incredible vitality. Evan Lewandowski lives in Utah where he is planting vines.
The vineyard is not industrially farmed and there’s no use of synthetic pesticides, herbicides, fungicides or fertilizers. In the winery there is no use of unnecessary amounts of sulphur, and the fermentation is carried through with natural yeasts. I fell in love with this place while attending the University of Utah. Like many of us, I came to ski and found my home. Along the way I also fell in love with wine and was struck with the harebrained idea that what could keep me in Utah for the rest of my life was to actually plant vineyards here. That kooky notion has since taken me all over the globe, just trying to figure out if it even made sense, if it was even remotely possible.