100% Pinot Gris from Antiquum Farm’s Little Field, 20 year old vines. Bellpine soil. The grapes were hand picked before sunrise on September 29th and then destemmed at the winery. Primary fermentation with indigenous yeasts occurred in open top vessels with daily punch downs. After the completion of alcoholic fermentation, the wine steeped on skins until a textural shift took place. After pressing, the wine aged on the lees for 9 months in 100% neutral French oak. 30 days of skin maceration roots Alium in an earthbound tone and bends Antiquum Farm’s tropicality towards something herbaceous and savory. A succulently layered texture adds density and intrigue. 13% alcohol. 75 cases produced.
Daisy is focused, precise, and all about refined texture, minerality and crisp acidity. Citrus and floral components blend seamlessly with pom fruit, lemon curd, pear, river stone and metallic nuance. The wine is barrel fermented, and rest on the lees for 5 months in 50/50 stainless/1 fill French oak. The lees are gently stirred to build texture before finally allowing the wine to settle naturally.
This pinot confounds many pinotphiles. Inky almost syrah-like color leads one to assume Passiflora will be an overly lush alcohol bomb. However, the nose unleashes an aromatic dervish of tropical passionfruit, peach, apricot, floral, and countering deep lush ripe bramble fruit and blueberry. On the palette, this wine continues its assault on your conceptions of what pinot noir is and isn't. Opulent blue fruit tones swirl among singing hi-toned acidity. This wine is both beamingly bright and darkly powerful in the same moment without feeling disjointed. The tension is absolutely electric. This wine will cellar for many years to come. The sweet spot probably begins in 2018, but of course it is all gone by then.
Power, Structure, and Finesse in perfect balnce. Antiquum Farm is unusual in its ability to ripen lush fully mature deep dark fruit, and yet retain abundant natural acidity. This interplay creates an exciting tension that is rarely experienced. This vineyard produces mouth loads of fine-grained fruit-driven tannin. Generous treatments of french oak never overwhelm the unique attributes of this site. A pinot unlike any other.