It confounds us. Surprises. Dumbfounds. Slays. Bedazzles. Staggers. Shakes. The definition of ci confonde in Italian. 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.

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.

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}