2022 Vignoles

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2022 Vignoles
2022 Vignoles
Tasting notes

Tasting Notes

Vibrant acidity and a constellation of rousing fruit characteristics make up our 2022 Vignoles, the newest dry white wine in our portfolio.  Tangy aromatics of tangerine and apricot introduce lush, tropical flavors of pineapple, kiwi, guava, and papaya.  Sassy and gratifying! 

 

Drink Window: Drink now – 2025 - 2027

Suggested Serving Temperature: 42° - 51°f

 

Vintage Notes

Throughout the growing season and in anticipation of the coming vintage, the cellar was met with mixed feelings. The winter months were not kind to our area - a bitterly cold winter damaged buds throughout all varieties and vineyards, resulting in a much smaller crop. But as the growing season progressed and flowers bloomed and shoots grew, the vintage quickly turned spectacular. Several factors contributed to the high-quality year - a temperate and dry growing season, which allowed for moderate but not vigorous canopy growth, little to no disease pressure, and consistent small berry size, as well as some positive factors from winter damage like smaller berry and cluster size due to secondary buds pushing over primary and more nutrients and available water per cluster than higher-cropped years.

Our harvest season started off as it always does – with bubbles! Due to such a short supply of pinot noir, we decided to turn our typical Brut sparkling wine into a Blanc de Blanc instead, made of 100% chardonnay. We made Damiani history in 2022 by having our earliest ever pick – August 30th!

Labor Day brought the first real rain we had seen since early summer, much to our chagrin. But fortunately, the rains stopped and didn’t really show up after that. As a winemaker, you’re faced with the sometimes very difficult decision of when to pick your grapes. You’re looking at the radar 15 million times a day, walking each vineyard and block, tasting the fruit, and ultimately deciding to either way – roll the dice. As the weeks progressed, we started to see a decline in maturity across all varieties. While things were lagging in sugar accumulation, the sun was shining and canopies were holding on, so flavors and phenolics were still ripening.

Across the board, every variety and vineyard that came into the cellar looked, smelled, and tasted wonderful.  Following the difficulties of the 2021 vintage, we were very excited to utilize some of my favorite winemaking techniques like whole cluster fermentations, wild yeast fermentations, foot stomping, cold soaking, saignée, minimal sulfur at juice stage, barrel fermented whites, and whole cluster pressing.

The resulting wines from the 2022 season are going to be strong, concentrated, acid-driven, and voluminous. Although the quantities are quite low, we are very proud of what we made and cannot wait to share it with you all!

Huge shout out to the outstanding Damiani Vineyard team of Nancy, Taylor, Cian, Nora, and Phil who tirelessly work all year long so us cellar folk get to play and create. To our amazing Assistant Winemaker, Alex, who in 2022 celebrated her first vintage with us and is an incredible person and winemaker. Jimmer and Dan, our fellow cellars rats, who had to put up with my 90s dance hits playlists as they energetically aided in the creation of these wines.

Production notes

Winemaking

100% Vignoles

Fermented in stainless steel tanks and aged on gross lees for 8 months before racking and filtering.

AVA: Finger Lakes

100% Keuka Lake

Source Vineyard: Purple Foot
Harvest Date: 9/15/2022
Brix: 20.0°
ABV: 11.5%
TA:  10.4 g/L
pH: 2.95
Unfined

Sterile Filtered

RS: 0.0%

Bottling Date: 6/29/2023

Cases Produced: 250

Vintage2022
VarietalVignoles
Varietal Composition100% Vignoles
AppellationFinger Lakes
Vineyard100% Keuka Lake; Purple Foot
Harvest Date09/15/2022
Acid10.4 g/L
PH2.95
AgingFermented in stainless steel tanks and aged on gross lees for 8 months before racking and filtering.
FermentationStainless steel
Residual Sugar0.0%
Alcohol11.50%
Wine StyleWhite
Volume750 ml
Bottling Date06/29/2023
Cases Produced250
Country of OriginUNITED STATES
State of OriginNew York
Artificially CarbonatedNo
Sparkling WineNo
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