Wines
Our first release of wines spans three vintage years and two impressive vineyard sites from the Lehigh Valley AVA and Central Delaware Valley AVA. (But not our own most impressive vineyard site, not yet.)
There’d Be Others 2021
60% Cabernet Franc, 40% Chambourcin
Central Delaware Valley AVA
550’ elevation, 20-40% south-facing slope, cobbly loam over granite & gneiss, 20+ year old vines
Chambourcin hand-destemmed in oak crible for whole berry semi-carbonic maceration in stainless, Cab. Franc crushed and destemmed atop Chambourcin.
2 month average maceration, no temperature control.
Free run only (no press).
Raised in 500L neutral French oak puncheons in bankbarn cellar without temperature control.
One puncheon reserved for bottling after two winters, April 2023.
Nothing added nor removed.
Their Grey Roses 2022
100% Chambourcin
Central Delaware Valley AVA
550’ elevation, 20-40% south-facing slope, cobbly loam over granite & gneiss, 20+ year old vines
Whole cluster direct pressed in basket press as quickly and gently as possible to try to coax something pale out of the teinturier deepness of Chambourcin, fermented in stainless and racked the following spring.
Nothing added nor removed.
Nothing Is Our Very Own 2023
100% Viognier
Lehigh Valley AVA
625’ elevation, stony loam over shale, 9-year old vines, hand-harvested
Whole clusters trod and pressed slowly in our basket press. Spontaneously fermented in stainless before racking to neutral French oak barrels in our bankbarn cellar without temperature control.
Nothing added nor removed.