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Massican California White Gemina 2024

$3199

Dan Petroski has spent his career championing Italian white grapes in Napa, and Gemina is his most personal bottling — a tribute to the Monte Massico hills of Campania where his mother's family is from. The name comes from Aminea Gemina, an ancient Greek variety that is the genetic ancestor of modern Greco. Built around Greco, Falanghina, and Fiano, this is a clarity-driven white with crushed-shell minerality, smoky grilled lemon, and white florals. Filigreed and precise, it speaks the language of southern Italian whites but with Napa-grown poise. Since Duckhorn's acquisition of Massican in 2022, Petroski has continued to call the shots in the cellar, and Gemina remains the soulful heart of the lineup.

Shipping

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  • Nationwide Access: Flat-rate shipping available to most U.S. states with delivery in 3-5 business days.
  • Temperature-Monitored Shipping: We closely monitor weather conditions and make informed decisions to ensure shipments travel safely, with insulated packaging and refrigerated transport available when required.
  • Wine-Specific Protective Packaging: Specialized materials designed to maintain label integrity and prevent breakage during transit.
  • Provenance Assured: All wines are maintained in climate-controlled conditions at our shop until the moment of dispatch.

Returns & Exchanges

We stand behind every bottle we sell.

  • If the wine is less than 10 years old and it is corked, you may return it to us for a full refund or exchange within 60 days of purchase. You must show us proof of purchase. We understand that you may not live near a shop and that it is difficult to ship open bottles of wine to us, so if there's any problem feel free to Contact Us and we'll work it out.
  • For wines older than 10 years, the consumer bears the risk of a faulty cork, but we accept returns of older bottles if the wine is faulty as a result of improper storage. Please come by the store or Contact Us if there is a problem.
  • We may, at our discretion and to the extent permitted by law, accept returns of unopened wines within 30 days of purchase if they were properly stored by the purchaser, subject to a 15% re-stocking fee.

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Antonio Galloni

93 points

"The 2024 Gemina is a blend of Falanghina, Greco and Fiano. Bright and vibrant in the glass, the Gemina is laced with citrus peel, marzipan, white flowers and slate. I especially admire the wine's freshness and verve. Bright saline notes extend the effortless finish. This opens beautifully on the back end." —Antonio Galloni

Wine Spectator

90 points

"Wow. This white offers a distinctive, mouthwatering, vibrant and fresh mix of lime zest, lemongrass, lemon verbena and freshly squeezed Meyer lemon flavors, all centered on an intense core of acidity. Pomelo, yuzu and lemon oil notes linger, as does a touch of crunchy sea salt. Falanghina, Greco and Fiano. Drink now."

Wine Enthusiast

92 points

"Lush, with aromas of stone fruits, citrus, and white blossoms. Flavors of apricot, yellow plum, and lime marmalade with a long, bright finish." —Tonya Pitts

More about Massican

There is little doubt that Dan Petroski is one of Napa's most influential and talented winemakers. He has masterfully helmed an iconic Napa Valley Winery, incorporating his stylistic voice while maintaining the structure, rich fruit and long lived tannins that is expected of an Iconic Napa Valley Cabernet, producing what we think is some of the valley's best red wines. But it's at Massican, Dan’s own winery, where his formidable intellect and boundless imagination are allowed free rein.

Massican is the only winery in Napa Valley that focuses exclusively on white varieties. Named after the Monte Massica in southern Italy, the ancestral home of his grandparents, but heavily inspired by the wines of Northern Italy, Massican works with six varieties. Four of these are familiar to lovers of Italian whites, Tocai Friulano, Ribolla Gialla, Pinot Bianco, Greco and the other two are familiar to all, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc. Either produced as single varieties or masterfully blended, each wine is teeming with energy. While they are all unique, there is a through-line of dancing minerality and layers upon layers of fruit.

Massican is the culmination of Dan’s focused vision of producing California’s best white wines. While he certainly has some stiff competition, we would have to agree that his vision has been fully realized. The wines are a perfect symbiosis of the relentless complexity that California is famous for while retaining a freshness and lightness that speak to the Mediterranean wines that inspired them. Dan’s wines at Massican are as complex as they are pleasurable, wildly unique as they are brilliantly focused. They are love letters to the beautiful land of his heritage and the abundant and magical place he calls home.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Falanghina , Other White Grape , White Blend

  • Vintage

    2024

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Sustainable

  • Style

    Earthy , Fruity , Minerally

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Light Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Grilled branzino with lemon, crudo of fluke with olive oil, fritto misto, spaghetti alle vongole, or a platter of raw oysters and littlenecks.

Tasting Profile

Bright and stony with citrus pith, white peach, sea salt, and almond skin. Light to medium bodied with crisp acidity and a long mineral finish.

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