2023 Gamay- Senchuk Vineyard- Wine Club Release

As part of our continuing quest to innovate and explore the terroir of our farm, we bring you the very first Gamay from Senchuk Vineyard! The vines were planted in 2020 and gave us our first crop in 2023. Crops were teeny-tiny, yielding only 1 solitary barrel! It was a fairly typical growing season in 2023 for the most part, with a warm spring and summer. Later summer and fall were on the cooler side, which slowed ripening and allowed the grapes to fully ripen at lower alcohol and higher acidity, which for us is ideal! The result is fully ripe and beautiful Gamay that was picked on October 5th. Hand-picked and hand-sorted, the grapes were partially de-stemmed (70% with 30% whole-cluster), partially crushed and left to soak on skins prior to fermentation. After 3 days, fermentation occurred spontaneously. During fermentation, the skins were punched-down by hand 2 times per day. Once fermentation was finished, the wine remained on skins for 4 days before being gently pressed. It was then transferred to a single French oak barrel and aged for 14 months. The 2023 Senchuk Vineyard Gamay was bottled on July 8, 2025.