2019 Maloof Johan Vineyard 'Scrambled Sticks' Van Duzer Corridor, USA

2019 Maloof Johan Vineyard 'Scrambled Sticks' Van Duzer Corridor, USA

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2019 Maloof Johan Vineyard 'Scrambled Sticks' Van Duzer Corridor, USA

Location - Van Duzer Corridor AVA. 85 acres under vine. 13 Varieties planted (plus lots of experiments). Planted in 2002 & 2003. 350ft elevation. Converted to biodynamic practices in 2007, Demeter certified biodynamic since 2010. Soils are marine sedimentary with granite deposits.
From the Maloofs: We essentially made five lots of wine, and then blended them all together in the summer before bottling. We have two amphora made by Andrew Beckham that are used in this wine, and make up about 50% of the final blend. We took one and filled it with destemmed Pinot gris, and left it on the skins for 9 months. The other, we fermented a mixture of direct pressed Ribolla Gialla and Tocai Friulano. In addition to those, we did a ~30 day skin contact in open fermenter of Pinot gris, another of Ribolla/Tocai, which were both aged in neutral Burgundy barrels. Lastly, we also pressed some Chardonnay, which was fermented and aged in neutral oak. The final makeup based off of grape variety was...
-35% Ribolla Gialla
-30% Pinot Gris
-20% Tocai Friulano
-15% Chardonnay

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