Winemaker’s note: “This wine is its own animal… It’s more of red wine with a ‘pigmentation deficiency’ than it is traditional white grape wine. The vineyard is a great location for growing the notoriously tricky white Rhone varietals, such as our Viognier here. The wind-battered South-Western facing slope gets hot in the day and cold at night allowing the fruit to get ripe but also hold on to its intensity of flavor, which was key when choosing a vineyard we could make a skin-fermentation white wine from.”
Grape: 59% Viognier, 41% Chardonnay
Vineyard: Viognier from The Shannon Home Ranch in Clearlake Oaks, CA. Chardonnay from from Andrew’s Vineyard in Suisun Valley, CA. Both organically farmed
Making of: the grapes were spontaneously fermented on the skins for around 4 and 10 days (Chardonnay was picked and added to the tank 6 days after the Viognier) and the whole tank was pressed at 6 Brix. Aged in a stainless steel tank. No sulfur added, bottled without fining or filtration.
Grape: 59% Viognier, 41% Chardonnay
Vineyard: Viognier from The Shannon Home Ranch in Clearlake Oaks, CA. Chardonnay from from Andrew’s Vineyard in Suisun Valley, CA. Both organically farmed
Making of: the grapes were spontaneously fermented on the skins for around 4 and 10 days (Chardonnay was picked and added to the tank 6 days after the Viognier) and the whole tank was pressed at 6 Brix. Aged in a stainless steel tank. No sulfur added, bottled without fining or filtration.
