2022 Grenache Blanc, Extended Lees Aged

 Ingredients: Ingredients: Estate Biodynamic Organic Grapes, minimum effective sulfites

Nutritional Information: per 5-oz. serving: 123 calories, sugar 0.2 grams, carbohydrates 2.2 grams fiber/fat/protein 0

Technical Information: 14% alcohol, RS 1.6 g/L, TSO2 73 mg/L, pH 3.13, TA 6.5 g/L

Unfined and Unfiltered - Vegan Friendly

Packaging: Bottle Weight: 467 grams, no capsule, corks origine by DIAM, tree-free labels

Nate Wall’s Winemaking Notes

Our Grenache Blanc was harvested at Troon Vineyard for the first time on October 5, 2022. Grenache Blanc is a very versatile grape, which we planted to serve multiple roles. Grenache Blanc is both a high acid and high sugar grape, meaning that it can maintain its acidity even in very warm years while also achieving a high level of ripeness leading to richer, rounder wines. It’s great for blending, can add beautiful aromas and textures if made into our amber wines, and also can stand alone. As 2022 was the first harvest of Grenache Blanc at Troon, we had a small crop – just three barrels of wine. After pressing to neutral French oak barrels, the wine underwent a very long, slow fermentation – so long that it wasn’t ready for bottling along with the other white wines and we decided to let it further age on its lees in barrel. This extended aging adds extra texture and richness to the wine as the lees impart more of their creamy, smooth character. This is counterbalanced by this wine's exceptional acidity (pH 3.13!). After seventeen months in barrel, our Grenache Blanc was bottled unfined and unfiltered with a small sulfur addition.