B. Loup No. 1
Lost Causes & Desperate Cases is a co-production by Deirdre Heekin x Camila Carrillo.
Rancio Sec is a dry, ancestral wine-making style hailing from the steep hills of south western Europe. This oxidative Solera of white wine, which goes back to the 2014 vintage, ages in glass demijohns, or bonbonnes, exposed to all the summer elements in our rose garden, just like in the light-kissed rancio sec tradition, then returns to the cool cellar for our snowy winters. The resulting oxidative wine, not unlike Sherry, is nutty, floral, spicy and taste of the sun.
We love this wine as an aperitif.
WE LIKE THIS WINE WITH
Almonds
Olives
Spicy and salty cured meats
Potato chips
Raw oysters
HOW TO STORE THIS WINE: store me upright
Oxidative White Wine of Vermont
VARIETAL / La Crescent
VINEYARD / La Selva Vineyard - West Addison {Champlain Valley, Vermont}
CELLAR / Indigenous yeasts, no filtering or fining. No added sulfites. Unfortified.
ALC/VOL / 15%
La Selva means forest or jungle, and this vineyard, on clay, limestone, and shale, is described by the wild flora and fauna that create a certain magic in the vines.
West Addison, Vermont
LA SELVA VINEYARD
SOIL / clay, limestone, shale, red sandstone
ELEVATION / 141 feet. Valley floor. Lake coast.
AGRICULTURE / regenerative, practicing biodynamic, forest edge ecology, rotational grazing
VINEYARD LIFE / purple aster, daisy fleabane, wild mint, golden rod, honeysuckle, queen anne's lace, and wild rose
MICROCLIMATE / hot, humid summers with temperatures moderated by Lake Champlain only a 1000 feet from the vineyard. Zero slope but generally good drainage keep the vineyard from too much humidity. Cold, partly cloudy winters with only a little snow.
FRUIT GROWN / Frontenac Noir and La Crescent {experimental plantings of Isabella, Leon Milllot, and L’Acadie Blanc}
SIZE / 3 acres {1.2 hectares}
