12.5

The juice was gently whole cluster pressed from small lots of white grape varieties, lightly bentonite fined, and settled. The juice was then racked to neutral French oak barrels and fermented for thirty days at low temperatures. Fermentation was halted using cooling to preserve natural grape sugars for tirage, and the wine was racked, filtered, inoculated, and
bottled. This sparkling wine contains some natural sediment; it has not been disgorged nor had a dosage added.

WILLAMETTE VALLEY - OREGON

The 2021 vintage began with a cool but dry spring, with bud break occurring right on schedule in April. After a fairly typical spring, bloom took place during an extended period in mixed weather in early June, leading to mixed fruit set. In late June, a record-breaking heat wave struck the West Coast, but the vines came through the heat in great shape and ripened evenly throughout the rest of a warm, dry summer. A cooling trend took place in early September, preserving fresh fruit flavors and natural acidity and allowing the harvest season for our vineyards to take place over a period of nearly two months. The fruit in 2021 was remarkable for its delicate flavors, perfect condition, and balanced acid and tannin profile; the young wines are compelling and easy to love.

This sparkling wine shows a bright yellow hue with fizzy exuberance. Aromas of ripe yellow apple, grapefruit, melon, and bruised pear mingle with subtle notes of toasted almond, honeysuckle and cheese rind. Flavors suggest apple cobbler, key lime and lemon meringue with herbal hints of verbena and geranium with notes of nutty marzipan. This rustic dry sparkling wine shows bright but balanced acidity with notable texture and a long sweet and sour finish that suggests fruit, herbs and minerals. Enjoy well-chilled.

Grapes, Yeast extract, Yeast, Tannin, Enzyme