2023 Vignoles

Lime Pith  • White Grapefruit • Jaunty

Best enjoyed at 42° - 51°F
Suggested drink window: drink now – 2026 – 2028

This Vignoles is from our friends and
neighbors on western Cayuga Lake, Knapp Vineyards. Sitting on a unique soil type for the Damiani cellar, Cazenovia silt loam, these soils are moderately well-draining soils formed in loamy glacial till. The site gets abundant
sunshine and with moderate vigored-vines, the fruit ripens very well.

Winemaking

• 100% Vignoles

• Vineyard location: West side of Cayuga Lake

• Soil: Casanovia silt loam

• Machine-harvested September 21st

• Pressed immediately to tank

• Inoculated yeast fermentation in stainless steel tank for 3 months

• Aged in tank for 10 months, 3 months on lees

• Unfined & sterile filtered

• Vegan

     • Brix: 22.0° • pH: 3.00 • TA: 11.0 g/L • RS: 0.6% • ABV: 12.0% • Bottled: 6/24/2024

     • Cases Produced: 195

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2023 Vintage Notes

As the harvest season approached, and all things pointed to 2023 being a lovely year. In the vineyards, our team worked tirelessly to ensure the cellar got to play with the best grapes possible come harvest time. Summer of 2023 was drastically different from the several previous seasons with a decent amount of rainfall, hot and humid days, but unusually cool nighttime temperatures. This means we were able to maintain a strict disease management protocol with timely shoot thinning and positioning, aggressive leaf thinning, and our hybrid organic/conventional spray program.

Many have asked about the frost event in late May and how we fared. In the days following the event, we were very nervous as we saw many small shoots go from green to black. After a few weeks, the vines started to push their secondary shoots and subsequent clusters, and we started to see life back in the hard-hit blocks. We feel very fortunate as we saw a fairly normal season as far as yields went, but we know some of our neighbors did not fare as well. These moments help reinforce the strength of the agricultural community and how we as consumers and neighbors can all help one another during challenging times by buying local, supporting small businesses, and always keeping a positive attitude!