Sparkling Apple Wine 'Infinite Canon' III

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Sparkling Apple Wine 'Infinite Canon' III

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Sparkling Apple Wine 'Infinite Canon' III

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Fruit/Site:

28% certified organic Grimes Golden and Stayman apples from The Farm at Sunnyside in Washington, harvested in 2022. Clay loam of granitic schist with quartz fragments, 850’.
26% Arkansas Black from Williams Orchard in Flint Hill, harvested in 2022. Gravelly loam of granitic gneiss, 650’.
6% unsprayed York from Rock Hill Farm in Flint Hill, harvested in 2022. Loam of granitic schist with mica fragments, 550’.
41% perpetual reserve (2019-2021) from these sites.

Season:

The perpetual reserve is an attempt to mediate the (sometimes wildly) variant Virginia vintages and combine the depth of aging with the energy of the most recent year’s fruit.
2022 produced more delicate and earthy fruit, so this iteration is more about florals and finesse.

Fermentation/Development:

Based on vintage character, a varying portion of the apples ferment on their skins before being pressed to finish in neutral French oak.
Reserve cider ages untopped in a single 425 L acacia (black locust) barrel. At bottling, a portion of this base is blended with still-fermenting cider from the current harvest to finish in bottle. The remaining portion of young cider then tops up the acacia barrel to refresh the perpetual reserve.
Bottles age on lees for 10-12 months before being riddled and disgorged by hand. *No SO2 has been added since 2020.