Odd Lot White
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai green curry, classic roast pork with applesauce, fresh sushi rolls
✨ Technical Specifications
Scheid Vineyards' 'Odd Lot White' is a playful and unconventional white blend born from the diverse microclimates of Monterey County. The name 'Odd Lot' pays homage to the winemaking tradition of blending 'odd lots'—distinct, small batches of wine that do not fit into traditional single-varietal bottlings but possess exceptional character. In this blend, Scheid's winemakers combine aromatic white varieties, typically led by Gewürztraminer and Riesling, grown in the cool, wind-swept Salinas Valley. The intense maritime influence of the nearby Monterey Bay brings morning fog and strong afternoon winds, preserving the grapes' natural acidity and intensifying their vibrant, exotic fruit aromas. The result is an off-dry, highly aromatic, and expressive white wine that showcases the creative freedom of Monterey's cool-climate viticulture.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1972 by pioneer Al Scheid, Scheid Vineyards began as an ambitious viticultural venture in southern Monterey County, initially supplying fruit to major California wineries before evolving into a vertically integrated estate wine producer. Spanning more than 3,000 acres across a 70-mile expanse of the Salinas Valley—encompassing microclimates across the Monterey, Arroyo Seco, and Hames Valley AVAs—the estate leverages thermal diurnal shifts driven by maritime winds off Monterey Bay. Viticulture balances alluvial gravel, decomposed granite, and clay-loam soils across twelve distinct ranch sites, farmed under SIP Certified and Certified California Sustainable standards, with the winery fully powered by an onsite wind turbine. Winemaking prioritizes varietal clarity, tension, and texture across an eclectic portfolio, celebrated for vibrant Sauvignon Blanc Reserve, aromatic Viognier, racy Dry Riesling, and rare regional white bottlings such as Petit Manseng and Roussanne.
🍇 Grapes
Gewürztraminer, Riesling