Tasting Notes: Bright golden color. The nose is filled with amazing fruit aromas of ripe apricots, peaches and even some lime, all drizzled with honey. The fruit is extremely clean and focused. The mouth-feel is lush and vibrant with bursts of rich, ripe fruit that is very well balanced by acidity. This concentration of flavors with the abundance of sugar and the crisp acidity together in each sip make this such a special wine. The finish is layered with fruit and beautiful sun drenched skin characters that together with the acidity help to make this a very food friendly wine and are the key to longevity. Technical Notes: The wine is a blend of 75% Chardonnay, 12% Vignoles, 10% Gewürztraminer and 3% Trebbiano. All the grapes were hand picked from special selected lots starting on September 21st for the Gewürztraminer and finishing on October 20st with the Vignole. 2007 was one of the best growing seasons Long Island has ever had, resulting in healthy rich and ripe fruit. The grapes were immediately transported in their 30Lbs picking boxes into a commercial freezer and stored at 11° Fahrenheit until December 3rd. The frozen grapes were pressed, yielding a very concentrated and lush grape juice at 40 Brix, a fabulous acidity of 10 gr/liter Total Acidity and a pH of 3.39. The juice was fined and well settled; the fermentation was done in stainless steel and took 28 days at a cool temperature of 63°. Chilling and racking the wine stopped the fermentation resulting in 9.5% Alc. by Volume and a residual Sugar of 252 gr/Ltr. Malolactic fermentation was strictly avoided to keep the acidity and the pure fruit characters. The wine was filtered and bottled beginning of June 2008 resulting in 835 cases of 375ml. Serving Suggestions: Slightly chilled. Best with fresh fruits, fruit tarts or fruit sorbets. Also recommended is the classic pairing with Foie Gras, Chocolate truffles or simply on its own.
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