Day Wines wine making notes: Named for my beautiful niece Claire Isla, our second vintage of this wine, the 2022 Isla Vermentino is a vacation in a bottle. Layne Vineyard in the Applegate Valley is a site we work extensively with; the age of the vines, the high elevation and wide diurnal shifts create a Vermentino that is racy yet plush, salty and tropical, and reminds me of sunbathing on a beach with a piña colada in hand. There are notes of lemon oil, coconut, ripe citrus and papaya, macadamia nut, and a salty bright zesty finish.