Nose
Crisp apple, nectarine, apricot, lime zest
Palate
Sweet apple, nectarine, apricot, lime zest, and pastry cream
Growing Conditions
The 2022 growing season started with a cold January, that
turned into a typical, average Spring for the Finger Lakes.
Spring and early Summer were warm and dry, almost
drought conditions, with conditions changing to warm and
wet by mid-August. September saw a bit more moisture and
cooler temperatures, but disease pressure was low and fruit
quality was high going into the month. An early harvest,
although light, brought in ripe, clean, delicious fruit.
Bottling
September 14 and 15, 2023
Winemaking
Machine-harvested fruit. Pressed into
stainless steel tank to cold settle for two days and then
racked off the juice bottoms into stainless steel tanks and
large format barrels to ferment. Native and commercial
yeasts were employed to create many expressions of the
fruit that would be used in the final blending of the wine. The
wine spent about 8 months resting on the lees before the
wine was readied for bottling.