the pour matrix
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the pour matrix 〰️
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What is it? Rosé Champagne of Meunier
What’s it made from? 100% Pinot Meunier
Where’s it from? Vrigny, Montagne de Reims in the Champagne region of France
Fun Facts: A Biodynamic, organically farmed, and vegan-friendly brut nature. 32 hours of skin contact + 6 months in barrels; spontaneously fermented and unfined.
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What is it? Vintage (all from the same growing year - in this case, 2016) Champagne
What’s it made from? 70% Meunier, 25% Pinot Noir, 5% Chardonnay
Where’s it from? Vrigny, Montagne de Reims in the Champagne region of France
Fun Facts: A native yeast, low sulfur, fermentation with aging in tanks for a year and 3.5 years of aging in the bottle on lees before disgorgement.
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What are they? A white wine field blend.
What is it made from? Pinot Grigio - Sauvignon Blanc - Vermentino - Verdelho
Where is it from? California
What does it taste like? This unusual white blend is made from organically farmed grapes, fermented in neutral vessels to give a bright wine with a refreshing amount of acidity and some food friendly texture.
Fun Facts: Fermented by natural yeasts with no sulfur or additives.
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What is it? Red blend
What’s it made from? Zinfandel - Carignan - Pinot Noir - Petite Sirah
Where’s it from? California
What’s it taste like? A heart-warming wine that’s at home in a bustling hearth, with radiant aromas of yeasty chocolate and a hint of rose.
Fun Facts: Unfined; female winemaker!
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What is it? Orange wine (skin-contact white wine)
What’s it made from? Xarel-lo
Where’s it from? Penedes, Spain
What’s it taste like? An appealing but subtle exotic fruit nose, with plenty of mineral structure, and a medium body with good acidity.
Fun Facts: Biodynamic, no added sulfur, fermented spontaneously with indigenous yeasts and aged for 6 months in amphorae.
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What is it? Red blend
What’s it made from? Cabernet Franc - Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot - Malbec
Where’s it from? Bordeaux, France
What’s it taste like? Dark and plummy, but not densely concentrated. A very fresh and floral nose, showing forest cherry, blueberries, wild strawberry, under scents of lavender and violets. On the palate, there is a crisp blackberry and raspberry character, with richer plums - joined by herbs, salt and graphite. A fresh, bitter note of dark citrus pops above an ever-lasting flavor of earl grey tea on the nervy finish.
Fun Facts: Biodynamic certified; female winemaker!