This is a blend of 4 different pickings of the same vineyard. An early fresh component, 2 optimum ripe batches and then a later pungent ripe one. 100% Fernao Pires a.k.a Maria Gomez

Fernão WWHHAATTTT? was my first thought.

Being a Portuguese grape varietal and a  product of thousands of years of mutation, the cultivar adapted in The grapes were picked at different ripeness levels in 4 pickings and cooled overnight to 2 degrees celsius. The next morning the grapes were pressed as whole bunches. Fermented and aged in various vessels, French oak (nothing new), amphora and concrete egg shaped fermenters.. Deep winter the wine received sulfur, its only additive. 10 months on the lees, blended and bottled.

This wine was pressed as whole bunches and fermented spontaneously in older oak barrels, amphora and concrete egg shaped fermenters. A year on the lees and voila!

ANALYSIS: ALC 13.5% | TA 5.0g/L | pH 3.38 | RS 2.9g/L