La Clarine Farm Petit Manseng 2017
SKU:
LC5
$34.00
$34.00
Winemakers notes:
So, how did the heat wave affect the Petit Manseng? Not so negatively, it turned out.
Petit Manseng always has an abundance of acidity. Thats one thing you can always count on. So, when the heat spike hit, it turned out to be perfect weather for this grape! Acids dropped – just a little – into what I would call “user-friendly range”.
We whole cluster pressed the grapes into tanks, where it stayed until fermentation was complete. Malolactic was only partial this time around, and we gave the wine an extra winter of cellar time to settle.
No screaming lime juice this year, but rather a gentler, perhaps more self-assured version of my new favorite grape. Floral on the nose, with just a touch of bruised apple skin, a little ginger and guava, and a long, very clean and refreshing finish. Utterly compelling, and utterly delicious. Electric white lightning in a bottle.
123 cases made. 13.4% alc.
So, how did the heat wave affect the Petit Manseng? Not so negatively, it turned out.
Petit Manseng always has an abundance of acidity. Thats one thing you can always count on. So, when the heat spike hit, it turned out to be perfect weather for this grape! Acids dropped – just a little – into what I would call “user-friendly range”.
We whole cluster pressed the grapes into tanks, where it stayed until fermentation was complete. Malolactic was only partial this time around, and we gave the wine an extra winter of cellar time to settle.
No screaming lime juice this year, but rather a gentler, perhaps more self-assured version of my new favorite grape. Floral on the nose, with just a touch of bruised apple skin, a little ginger and guava, and a long, very clean and refreshing finish. Utterly compelling, and utterly delicious. Electric white lightning in a bottle.
123 cases made. 13.4% alc.
2 available