While the Zweigelt grape may sound like an exotic variety, it is the most widely planted red grape in the country of Austria. Wines produced from this grape are often bright, playful, and quaffable. The 2021 vintage is a collision of red raspberries, blueberries and black pepper – and is juicy, nervy and oh, so drinkable!
Maceration is a white blend we developed to allow for creativity, experimentation, and flexibility in the cellar. With the Gruner Veltliner, Friulano and Kerner all being prime candidates for skin contact, we are trialing and employing different methods to study the wide range of expressions we can achieve with these grapes on our site. We are excited for this to expand with the experimental nature of our cellar and allow us to examine the full potential of skin contact white wines from our site.
The 2021 Melon Pét-Nat is unbridled yet soft, with more of a frizzante style bubble profile this vintage. After a short 3-hour maceration on the skins, extracting phenolics and golden gifts from the ripe skin, we pressed and slowly fermented the juice in tank before bottling in Spring of 2022.
The 2021 Disco Chicken Rosé is a blend of Blaufränkisch (34%), Pinot Noir (25%), Zweigelt (15%), Kerner (14%) and St. Laurent (12%). All varieties were harvested, soaked on skins for a few hours and direct pressed, yielding a bright and focused wine with beautiful acid and light red fruit.
Originally hailing from Germany, and the offspring of the noble Riesling grape, Kerner is an aromatic white variety capable of producing compelling white wines with an intensely floral bouquet, bright acidity and plenty of citrus and balance on the palate. We foot-tread the grapes and allowed them to soak on skins for a few hours before pressing, and then combined this portion with a small amount of our full-blown skin contact Kerner, which was on skins for 3 weeks.
Expect complex perfume and incense aromatics matched by tense acid and firm tannin on the palette. Built to age 12+ years, this wine will continue to stun so long as you keep yourself from drinking it!
Pétillant Naturel (or "Pét-Nat") is a method of producing sparkling wine, also referred to as “Methode Ancestrale”, where the carbonation occurs from bottling the wine during the primary, alcoholic fermentation – in order to capture the carbon dioxide that is being naturally released.
