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Grape Varieties: 95% Petit Manseng, 5% Chardonel
If you know the partners here at Common Wealth, you know there is a higher than average respect for Petit Manseng at our winery. Lee made a macerated version, and even though Ben’s wine (we each get to make a wine) was technically the Chardonel, he made this “on the side”. If the starting inspiration for the Chardonel was “topped up” Jura Chardonnay, then this is starting from equal parts “topped up” Jura Savagnin and Loire Chenin. In the same way that both those grapes are dense and hearty enough for long fermentations, malo, and no SO2 aging on lees, PM seems to want to take its time getting into the bottle, and along the way it calms down, gains some wisdom, and gets a lot more fun to hang out with.
Vineyard Sourcing: The Petit Manseng grapes were sourced from a vineyard in Batesville in central Virginia with Hayesville clay loam soils. The Chardonel grapes were sourced from a vineyard located near Harrisonburg in the Shenandoah Valley.
How We Made It: The Petit Manseng was direct-pressed and fermented spontaneously with full malo occurring in older Burgundian 228L barrels. The Chardonel was also direct-pressed (except for 20% whole-berry inclusion), then blended with the Petit Manseng. 16 months aging in barrel and 3 months in stainless steel. Bottled unfiltered on April 11th, 2024.
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