Winemaker Notes:
A wonderfully aromatic wine with some clean tropical notes along
with orange blossom, lemon, apricot and banana notes. There is a quaint essence of sweet perfume
and a flower bouquet. Behind the fruit
and flowers is a clean minerality and a touch of vanilla, yeast and a hint of
orange honey. On the palate the wine is
fruit forward with the perfume and flowers enhanced. The wine is very clean and bright with a long
finish. Overall a very well balanced
wine with a rich creamy full bodied effect.
This will pair well with a lot of different foods so try it with
everything!
Vintage:
2016 started with a warm February flowing into a very warm
March. Unfortunately, April arrived with
extreme cold causing frost damage throughout the state. The rest of the Spring warmed back up to
normal conditions. Overall the summer
months were average for Virginia
without many extremes. Unfortunately,
again, the Fall showed up with two major storms (Hurricane Matthew is one) and
dropped a significant amount of water.
Some parts of the state saw record inches. The 2016 was not without its challenges;
however, with diligent work in the vineyards and picking the best harvest dates
we were able to pull in some good grapes.
Blend
100% Petit Manseng
Harvest
The Petit Manseng was harvested on 13 September with 24.13
brix, 3.54 pH and 0.637g/L TA
Vineyard Source:
Grace Estate Vineyards, Crozet, Virginia
Fermentation
The wine was fermented for 21 days in stainless steel with
Cross Evolution Yeast under cool temperature
Aging
The wine was aged in 55 gallon stainless steel drums
Bottling Date
15 March 2017 – 253 cases
Release Date
September 2017
Technical
Information
13.7% Alc.
3.70 pH
0.701g/L TA
0.20% RS
