Garage Wine Co 2019 "Soothsayer Ferment" Cinsault 750ml

In a Nutshell:

• Single Ferment Series wines include fruit from more than one parcel or vineyard site and are (co-fermented) ¨in one singular ferment ¨ Sometimes all the fruit does not enter the tank at same time and we simply stack on top of the fermenting tank when the next fruit is ripe — one single ferment one single wine. (two vineyard sites in Portezuelo and Guarilihue)
• For years we watched as the small farmers with whom we grow the parcel wines were forced to accept prices dictated by the mainstream agro-giants far below their costs for working the earth. So we developed Single Ferments as a dignified means of getting more of their wonderful fruit made into wine for export. The wines are affordable yet we still manage to pay a bonafide price to the farmers.

Winemaking:

• Ancestral farming by hand and horse
• Naturally fermented with native yeasts
• Open top fermenters. Caps were punched down by hand. Pressing manual.
• No temp control (besides opening closing windows) open tank, no nada
• Pinch of sulfites after Malolactic that normally finishes a full 7 months after harvest with next summer´s heat