Vinification:

Traminette is a late bud break and mid-late ripening variety in our vineyard. 2023 was a near perfect growing season in the midwest with a long period a warm dry weather late in the season.

Although we could have waited two more weeks to pick, we had good ripeness numbers and flavor development by mid-September. We picked 1.66 tons of some of the best fruit we have produced thus far, with a golden tan on the grapeskins, evidence of the mono-terpenes present.

The wine was fermented in stainless for 21 days at 55 degrees, using 58w3 yeast, and finished cleanly maximizing aromatics. The wine was then racked and stored in stainess, and on the lees over winter during cold stabilization.

A small amount of Isinglass was used to smooth the wine out prior to bottling and a 1 micron cartridge filter was used at bottling, maximizing clarity.