Found Love
Lost Causes & Desperate Cases is a co-production by Deirdre Heekin x Camila Carrillo.
If you are a lover of Sherry, or intrigued by all manner of oxidative wines, keep reading. Inspired by traditional solera methods--where small amounts of the new wine are blended with mature wines from earlier years--this dry, oxidative wine calls to mind the memory of the ongoing collection of past vintages. Through the lens of our alpine landscape, this wine tells the story of our northern climate, riding on clay and limestone soils from the ancient seabed of the Champlain Valley. Found Love conjures mountain wildflowers, sea fossils, and salty lakeside winds.
WE LIKE THIS WINE WITH
Olives
Cured ham
Sweet red peppers
Egg and potato tortilla
Anchovies
Oysters
Basque cheese cake
HOW TO STORE THIS WINE: store me upright
Oxidative White Wine of Vermont ~ Alpine Solera
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}
