No One Can Keep You Afraid Schiava / Lagrein
Why Schiava blended with Lagrein? We’re pretty sure we are the only ones in the U.S. making and championing a wine that reminds us of our favorite little blend from the Südtirol in Alto Adige. St. Magdelener is a wine that has been produced in Northern Italy since the Holy Roman Empire. It is a blend of two grapes, Lagrein and Schiava. Lagrein is a historic descendant of Teroldego and genetically related to Syrah, Pinot Noir, and Dureza. It is inky, brambly, and infused with graphite and mineral notes. Schiava (also known as Trollinger or Vernatsch), on the other hand, is a light-bodied red that almost smells like pink cotton candy and tastes like Twizzlers candy. Together, they create a wine that is exuberant and playful, but also savory and serious—sort of like drizzling some very expensive balsamico on ripe berries!
Vinification: Harvested together on November 4th, these were the last grapes to come into the winery. We combined both and sealed them up with dry ice to conduct a full carbonic maceration for 13 days. After carbonic maceration, we popped the lids and jumped in to tread the fruit, letting wild yeasts take over for the final stages of fermentation. Secondary fermentation occurred naturally, and the wine rested for 10 months in neutral Acacia puncheons.
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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