Description
Charlotte Dalton Want a Ride Red
Charlotte Dalton
80% Shiraz (Adelaide Hills), 20% Carignan (Langhorne Creek)
Shiraz is fermented with 30% whole bunch, pressed to oak post ferment of which 20% are new French
oak barriques. The wine was racked off gross lees post malolactic fermentation. The Carignan was
fermented with 10% whole bunches, then pressed into old oak barrels. Bottled with the addition of
minimal sulfur.
The first question we get about this wine is always, what is piquette? It is many things, but basically, it is frugal farmer fizz, a type of natural wine that has been made for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Those frugal farmers wasted nothing and used the juice and skins left after pressing the wines they would sell to make wine for themselves and their workers. Today we have recaptured that spirit, which fits in so well with our biodynamic style of agriculture. After pressing our estate white and rosé wines, there is still substantial juice left in skins as we press very gently. To that, we add a touch of water, then let it macerate overnight in the press. The next day, we press that juice into a stainless steel tank, where begins a native yeast fermentation. Just before that fermentation is complete, we quickly bottle the new wine under a crown cap to finish fermentation in the bottle. The resulting sparkling wine is a delight — fresh and fizzy with bright fruit flavors. Piquette may have bubbles like Champagne, but our Piquette! is more about picnics and summer sipping - or better yet, gulping!
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