SUBJECT TO CHANGE ‘Preconceived Notions’ 2022, USA (Orange)

Certification : Organic
Grapes : Muscat
Region : Mendocino, CA, USA
Vinification : The muscat grapes were split up into 3 lots for 3 different types of macerations. One was a carbonic maceration (some foot crushed grapes topped with uncrushed whole clusters) for 10 days with no cap management. The second was a fully destemmed maceration for 10 days with pumpovers daily. And the third was a partial destemmed/partial whole cluster maceration via the “hamburger method” (alternating layers of destemmed fruit and whole clusters). After 10 days, everything was pressed together and barreled down to neutral-oak barrels for 7 months.