Flamingo in a Flock of Pigeons Negroamaro Rosato
Why Negroamaro Rosato? We’re tired of rosé all day; what we want is rosé without cliché. A wine that has the refreshment of our favorite salty whites, the thoughtful texture of a light red, and the bitterness of an aperitivo. Why make yourself an Aperol Spritz when you can have all of that—and more—from organically farmed fruit?
Vinification: All grapes were lightly foot-tread and macerated on skins and stems for about 5 days. After five days of cold maceration, the grapes were pressed into fiberglass, where fermentation began naturally without temperature control. Primary and secondary fermentation occurred with wild yeasts and native bacteria from the vineyard, and the wine was allowed to rest on all lees for ten months. It was bottled without fining or filtration, with 20 parts winemaking sulfur added prior to bottling.
The Producer
Jupiter Wine Co. is more than just wine (although we consider ourselves some of the biggest wine geeks in the business) and more than just a community of like-minded individuals that share a love for minimal intervention wines. We aim to establish an economic engine that stands up to consolidated, corporate wine and the economic apartheid those organizations have created towards agricultural and hospitality workers in this community. These organizations have appropriated the term ‘sustainability’ as a sales and marketing tool without considering the economic sustainability of the most fragile communities essential to its creation; and what they’ve given us are gross domestic products in their pursuit of Gross Domestic Product. When you support Jupiter Wine Company, you don’t just drink natural wines, you can have the confidence that 100% of the profits generated go to affordable housing solutions for the communities most responsible for its creation.
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