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Day Wines “Vin de Days Rouge”
the place
Willamette Valley, Oregon
the grapes
Pinot Noir (83%); Pinot Meunier (13%); Pinot Gris (4%)
the process
All vineyards used were farmed organically or biodynamically. Fifty percent whole-cluster, fifty percent destemmed fruit, with the whole-clustered fruit on the bottom of each fermenter to allow for carbonic maceration. For this wine, we never once punch down the cap, but rather rely on pump-overs twice a day; this promotes a gentle extraction and a more fruit-centric wine. As with all of our wines, the Rouge is spontaneously fermented with limited interventions throughout primary and secondary fermentations. Once dry, the wine was pressed off into neutral French oak and stainless steel tanks to complete spontaneous malolactic fermentation and mature for a few months. Unfiltered and minimal sulfur used prior to bottling.
the price
Bottle: $31 | Glass: $14
Ampeleia “Kepos”
the place
Maremma Region, Tuscany, Italy
the grapes
Grenache, Carignan, Mourvédre
the process
The fruit was harvested from the 10th of September to the 5th of October at yields of 50 hl/ha, destemmed, and fermented together; aged 11 months in cement tanks, followed by 7 months of aging in bottle prior to release. 'Kepos' is Greek and is synonymous with 'garden,' any place where trees and herbs grow.
the price
Bottle: $35 | Glass: $12
Chateau d’Oupia “Les Heretiques”
the place
Languedoc, France
the grapes
80% Carignan/20% Grenache
the process
The Carignan vines average 40 years in age, with some of them being up over 100 years old. The fruit is sustainably farmed and harvested partly by hand and partly by machine. The Carignan remains in whole clusters and goes through a carbonic maceration in tank. The Grenache is destemmed and goes through a 3-4-week maceration in concrete vats. Fermentation is with selected yeasts. The two varieties are blended and aged in tank. The wine is bottled with a light, non-sterile filtration.
the price
Bottle: $15 | Glass: $7
Alfredo Maestro El Rey del Glam
the place
Ribera del Duero, Spain
the grapes
100% Garnacha
the process
The grapes were harvested by hand in the second week of September, then go through carbonic maceration in stainless steel without crushing or destemming. The juice ferments with native yeasts in stainless steel tanks.The wine finishes fermentation, including malolactic, then is bottled without additives.
the price
Bottle: $35 | Glass: $15