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TASTING NOTES

Cool scents of guava, rosewater and candied lime with touches of apricot and papaya on the finish. It's sleek and vivid while maintaining its focus and precision.

VINEYARD NOTES

Grüner Veltliner was planted in 2007 by third generation Fred Frank. Fred became a fan of Grüner Veltliner while studying at Germany’s Geisenheim Institute in the early 1980s. Our Seneca estate vineyard is located in Hector, New York, in the warmest mesoclimate in the Finger Lakes known as the ‘Banana Belt’. Temperatures here are a few degrees warmer than Keuka Lake with more sun exposure thus providing a longer growing season and riper fruit notes. Soils on Seneca are characterized by deep honeoye silt loam.

Both our Seneca and Keuka estate vineyards were New York Sustainable Winegrowing Vineyard Certified in 2023.

WINEMAKER NOTES

The 2023 growing season was full of new opportunities and challenges. Winter was relatively mild with low cold stress to the vines. This lead to an unseasonably warm spring which caused the vines to begin budburst. In mid-May the entire region experienced a once-in-a-century freeze event. The freeze caused between a 10%-50% loss in buds depending on location and grape variety. With less buds per vine, the resulting grapes were concentrated and of high quality. The August through October ripening and harvest period was typical for the Finger Lakes - warm days, cool nights, and occasional rainfall.

VINEYARD

100% Seneca Estate. NY Sustainable Certified.

VINIFICATION

De-Stemmed. Direct Press. Pneumatic Press.

VESSEL

Stainless Steel. Temperature Controlled.

FERMENTATION

Traditional. No Malolactic Fermentation.

AGING

Unoaked.

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