The definition of ci confonde in Italian: It confounds us. Surprises. Dumbfounds. Slays. Bedazzles. Staggers. Shakes.
Our Ci Confonde White is bottled shortly after harvest and left to finish its frothy alchemy under cap, creating a fine bead of pearly effervescence. It's made from the starring heroine of our Vergennes vineyard, Brianna, a voluptuous white grape that holds both fruit and minerality in tandem. With age, the fruity and floral Brianna matures with those yeasty brioche notes you might find in a Champagne, and with loads of texture. And it is a perfect cross-over for IPA and cider lovers who think they don't like wine.
This wine is fresh, frothy, and floral with sweet peas and sesame umami. Part of our pet nat series from the Vergennes or Les Carouges vineyard, named after the sharp-dressed red-winged black birds. Since we began making these pet nats in 2013, the Brianna fruit has grown up, leaning more towards all that limestone beneath its feet, a breadiness, and jasmine. This wine has matured along with the vines into a very elegant yet still unique glass of wine.
WE LIKE THIS WINE WITH
oysters
cured meats
smoked fish
roast chicken and olive
potato pancake
STORING & SERVING SUGGESTIONS
Store me upright. Crown-capped bottles may leak if stored on their sides.
Serve well-chilled.
Drink now, but it will age well. Serve in 2, 5, and 7 years from now.
Sparkling White Wine of Vermont
Ci Confonde White
VARIETY / Brianna
VINEYARD / Les Carouges Vineyard - Vergennes {Champlain Valley, Vermont}
CELLAR / Indigenous yeasts, no filtering or fining. No added sulfites.
ALC/VOL / 11.5%
LES CAROUGES VINEYARD
Vergennes, Vermont
This vineyard on clay, limestone, and shale, is defined by wide-open space full of the epic romance of a mythic novel, grand gestures, battles of bravery, lost and found love, stories of courage and heart, and is protected by Les Carouges, the red-winged blackbirds who make nests in the vines for the season.
SOIL / clay, limestone and shale
ELEVATION / 252 feet. Valley floor
AGRICULTURE / regenerative, practicing biodynamic, forest edge ecology, rotational grazing
VINEYARD LIFE / clover, wild carrot, dandelion, mugwort, burdock, thistle, elderflower, purple vetch, chicory, nettle, climbing nightshade, foxtail
MICROCLIMATE / intensely hot and humid summers, western facing with sun all day long. Wind in the morning and still evenings. Cold, damp winters with windchills. Some snow.
FRUIT GROWN / Marquette, La Crescent, Front Gris, Brianna
SIZE / 4 acres {1.6 hectares}
