Autumn with Lee | Fall 2023 Flashcards
What cans are you offering?
Piquette Rosé, “Tributary,” lapetus, Champlain Valley, Vermont, NV
Apple Wine Spritzer, “Song of Solomon,” Kalchē Wine Cooperative, Champlain Valley, Vermont, 2021
What fizz are you offering?
Cider, “Morris,” Patois, Amherst County, VA 2022
Cayuga White Pétillant Naturel, “This is Pét Nat, Osmote, Finger Lakes, NY, 2021
Cider, “Soif,” Revel, Ontario, Canada, 2021
Sparkling Blueberry Wine, “Arkadia,” RAS, Portland, Maine, 2022
Which whites are you offering?
Cayuga, Usonia, Finger Lakes, NY, 2021
Chardonel, Quartzwood, Loudoun County, VA, 2021
Which white on skins are you offering?
Petit Mensang Blend, “MISE,” Common Wealth Crush, Shenandoah Valley, VA, 2022
Traminette Blend, “B Sides & Rarities: Vol 5,” Plēb Urban Winery, Asheville, NC, NV
Tell me about the pink wines you’re offering?
Fruit Wine, “Between the Dark and the Light,” Lightwell Survey/Troddenvale, Shenandoah Valley, VA, NV
Chambourçin Blend Rosé, “Not Nothing,” Spinning Wheel, Frederick, MD, 2022
Which reds are you offering?
Red Blend, “Family Meal,” Common Wealth Crush, Shenandoah Valley, VA, 2022
Cabernet Franc Blend, “Pepper,” Old Westminster, Carroll County, MD, 2021
Chambourçin, “Young Red,” Early Mountain, Madison, VA, 2021
Norton, “Estate,” Chrysalis, Middleburg, VA, 2021
Tell me about the Piquette Rosé, “Tributary,” lapetus, Champlain Valley, VT, NV
Very light and refreshing. A little more like wine than the Apple Wine Spritzer. Drinks like a rose wine spritzer.
Weight: Light and bright, think wine cooler
Fruit: macerated strawberries, rhubarb
Non-fruit: rose petals, wet rocks
Grape: Piquette is a vinous beverage produced by hydrating grape pomace. This batch of pomace comes from 6 different Vermont-grown grapes, including the red hybrid Marquette
Producer: Lapetus is a side project from Ethan Joseph, the head winegrower at Vermont’s Shelburne Vineyard.
Region: Champlain Valley is among the northernmost valleys considered part of the Great Appalachian Valley. The local winters are too severe for most vinifera varieties, but hybrids are an increasingly important part of the agricultural landscape.
Tell me about the Apple Wine Spritzer, “Song of Solomon,” Kalchē Wine Cooperative, Champlain Valley, VT, 2021?
Very light and refreshing. Drinks more like a cider than the Piquette Rosé. Super aromatic - fun and fresh.
Weight: light and bright
Fruit: green apples, winter citrus
Non-fruit: maple syrup, orchard blossoms
Fruit: Maple sap, pressed apple jus, co-fermented on grape skins, La Crescent and Brianna.
Producer: Kalchē is a wine cooperative in Fletcher, Vermont. “Making hybrid space juice cooperatively; centering diversity, sustainability, and the decolonization of big wine.”
Region: Fletcher in Champlain Valley along Vermont’s Canadian border
What does “Kalchē” mean?
Synonymous with the Ancient Greek porphyra, the root for purple. Comes from searching deep within one’s mind.
What is the difference between our two ciders?
Both are very light and refreshing. The Piquette Rosé drinks a little more like a rosé wine spritzer with more tart cranberry notes. The Apple Wine Spritzer drinks more like a cider with clean, crisp, crunchy notes. The producers are also really dedicated to centering diversity and sustainability in their wine practices.
Tell me about the Cider, “Morris,” Patois, Amherst County, VA, 2022
Really crisp, easy-drinking cider. Some flight earthy funk on the nose.
Weight: Crisp, clean, easy drinking
Fruit: Melon and orchard fruit
Non-fruit: chamomile, fennel pollen
Fruit: Made in method ancestral and with a blend:
53% Goldrush
14% Ashmeads Kernel
14% Harrison
13% Wickson Crab
6% mixed crab and seedling apples
Producer: Patois Cider is run by Patrick Collins and Danielle LeCompte.
Tell me about the (fizz) Cayuga White Petillant Naturel, “This is Pet Nat,” Osmote, Finger Lakes, NY, 2021
This is a lovely bone-dry Cayuga. It has notes of preserved lemons and baker’s yeast for a savory finish.
Weight: Light and bright, just shy of Champagne-like effervescence
Fruit: Salted plums, preserved lemons
Non-fruit: Baker’s yeast, wild herbs
Grapes: Cayuga is a French-American hybrid grape variety, first bred and now found predominantly in the Finger Lakes.
Producer: Ben Riccardi, winemaking degree from Cornell. Osmote began in 2014 as a tenant winery within a larger facility.
Region: Finger Lakes are perfectly suited to Germanic grapes. Winters are long and cold, but the lakes a moderating effect on the local climate.
Where was the cayuga grape first invented?
Cornell University and University of Minnesota.
Tell me about the (fizz) Rose Cider, “Soif,” Revel, Ontario, Canada, 2021
Weight: Light, bright, delicately effervescent
Fruit: Strawberries, cherries. “Soif drinks like what wineries say their rose tastes like.”
Non-fruit: fresh, savory herbs, violets
Fruit: Blended two fermented ciders aged on Montmorency cherries and strawberries and added almost one ton of red wine skins (Marechal Foch).
Producer: Revel Cider Co is located in Ontario.
Tell me about the (fizz) Sparkling Blueberry Wine, “Arkadia,” RAS, Midcoast, Maine, 2022
Such a fun wine! Very clean and fresh, but also surprisingly savory.
Weight: light and surprisingly savory
Fruit: Blueberry, cranberry
Non-fruit: Juniper
Fruit: 2.5 pounds per bottle of organically-raised wild blueberries
Producer: Dan Roche (R), Joe Appel (A), Emily Smith (S). They love Maine and try to make personal wines that connect to places and people.
Region: Midcoast and Downeast zones. The wine is an expression of the glacial-marine Maine wild blueberry regions.
