Maloof L’eau Epicée’ Pet Nat Sparkling 2022

Country: USA

Region: Willamette Valley

Type: Pet-Nat

Grape: Riesling/Gewürztraminer

Organic farming. Riesling and the Gewürztraminer were direct-pressed together in stainless steel, adding the Riesling to an already fermenting tank of Gewürztraminer. About half of the Gewürztraminer was de-stemmed and fermented in open bins on the skins, then pressed off into barrels. Just after the primary fermentation was through, they racked the wine(s) into tank. From there, they thawed out a particular amount of the frozen must they held back at crush, threw it in the tank, stirred it all up and bottled it. No added sulfur.

Cloudy, with hints of lush ripe orange and soft berries.