Usonia, Cayuga White (2023)

REGION: Finger Lakes, New York

COUNTRY: United States

GRAPE(S): Cayuga White

BODY: Light

ABV: 11.5%

TASTING NOTES: "Bright and high-toned with notes of spearmint, green apple, and Smarties®. We’d say it’s “crushable,” but Julia hates that word."- Winemakers Julia & Alex Alvarez-Perez.

WINEMAKING NOTES: Grapes were sourced from Plane’s Block, the first commercial planting of Cayuga White in the country. Hand harvested on September 21, whole cluster pressed and spontaneously fermented in 65% stainless steel and 35% neutral barrel. The fermentation lasted three months and went through full malolactic. Bottled unfined and unfiltered, with 15ppm SO₂ added just before bottling.