2022
Vermentino

Yolo County

We personally hand picked, manually crushed these grapes then fermented on with the skins for 6 days. This is often called an 'orange wine' due to the darker color. The technique is used to created a rich, full bodied wines. Ours has bold fruit and soft tannins. The aromatics are of the tropics: lush coconut coupled with banana. This is a very unique version of a Vermentino. It's limited production makes it a Conspiracy Club only wine.

Alcohol Content: 12.6% by Volume

301 Bottles Produced

Retail	Conspiracy Club Prices
N/A	$28.80 | 27.20 | 25.60

Tasting Notes

2024-03-30

Back when we first bottled this wine, I was amazed at how interesting and different it was. It tasted more like a tropical fruit drink than a wine. Since then, the wine has undergone 'bottle shock' and has been a pale shadow of its former self. That is quickly changing! When first opened, this wine was still closed with muted flavors. Within minutes, it was opening and those tropical fruits were coming through!

Wine Status

	Closed: needs aging
>	Drinking well, but young
	Peaking
	Drinking well, but mature
	Past Prime

Composition

100% Vermentino Mackinzie Vineyards Brix pH TA 22.0 3.74 0.49

Fun Facts

• This was the one first grapes to be ready in the 2022 season, and we weren't ready for it
• A little mishap with our crusher / stemmer meant we had to manually crush the grapes
• We hadn't intended to ferment on the skins. Our new press arrived with 3-phase motor, despite ordering it with standard 2-phase. We had to wait until the motors were swapped until we could press it
• We learned never to order new equipment at the beginning of harvest
• Fermenting white wines on the skin is a style called 'orange wine'
• The government wouldn't allow us to label the wine as an 'orange wine'

Serving Recommendations

For the best experience when consuming now, we recommend:

• Serve chilled
• Allow the wine to breath for a couple of minutes after pouring