{"product_id":"patois-blaspheme-ii-perpetual-reserve-traditional-method-albemarle-county-virginia-2023","title":"Patois \"Blasphème II\" Perpetual Reserve Traditional Method, Albemarle County, Virginia 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFROM PATOIS:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE WINE: \u003c\/strong\u003e100% petit manseng from Mount Juliet Vineyard in Albemarle County. Grapes were hand harvested and cooled to cellar temperature overnight. Whole clusters were foot stomped and delicately pressed in a manual basket over twelve hours. Press fractions were combined, settled overnight, and racked together to ferment in stainless steel. At the tail end of its fruit sugar depletion, the active current vintage fermentation is blended with a portion of the reserve wine to finish in the bottle with a target carbonation of roughly four volumes. An equal portion of young wine is withheld from bottling to refill the reserve barrels. Bottles aged on lees for a minimum of 28 months (specific date is hand stamped on each bottle) before being riddled and disgorged by hand without dosage. No SO2 additions were made.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmidst the wild vacillations of the past decade, 2023 tallies another dry, ripe growing year. This kept small clusters full and pretty with minimal sorting and allowed petit manseng to show its power. Perhaps a bit more rain would have helped the plants to access sufficient soil nutrition for our ambient secondary culture to reach complete dryness. But if so the wine might then be too forceful; the fruit found its balance. Rich and decadent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE PRODUCER: \u003c\/strong\u003ePatois is Patrick Collins and Danielle LeCompte. Our focus is balance: How do untended apple trees maintain their ecological equilibrium, and how can an orchard mirror this dynamic? How will several successions of microorganisms collectively transform the fruit? How do we align ourselves and our work with the interconnecting cycles of nature? Can two people do this? We don’t own land because our scale cannot support those costs. Foraging allows us to utilize existing (if scattered) noncommercial fruit of supreme quality. These trees hold both the historical lessons of past plantings - sites proven by survival - and the genetic renewal through seedlings for future resilience. We observe these trees and attempt to restore them where we have regular access. We may also seek to propagate them through both grafting and sprouting seeds should landowners allow. Sometimes we imagine our own orchard of our favorite found varieties interspersed with vines; sometimes we think no single Shangri-La will ever approach the complexity of so many unique inputs assembled by a century of chance. We work fairly oxidatively in the cellar, due partly to aesthetic aims and partly to our minimal infrastructure. Everything is done by hand on a one or two person scale. Sparkling wine can be constrained by technique and fixed parameters, but we try to think creatively to achieve our goals with only fruit and time. While the ciders and wines will continue to evolve in the bottle upon release, they are not precious and are meant to be enjoyed. We hope to demonstrate that conventionally undervalued fruit is capable of producing delicious and complex wines when treated with intention and care.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patois","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50809704939776,"sku":null,"price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/patronsaintwine.com\/products\/patois-blaspheme-ii-perpetual-reserve-traditional-method-albemarle-county-virginia-2023","provider":"Patron Saint","version":"1.0","type":"link"}