Amista Sparkling Mataró
Our Sparkling Mataro is a beautiful pale orange/pink color which is just lovely in the glass. It is very aromatic with notes of orange peel, dried strawberry, orange curd, some freeze dried raspberry notes, and pink starbursts. The palate is really nice with bright fruit notes and very balanced with nice orange notes, rosewater and pie crust. It finishes with great acidity and lingering fruit and floral notes on the palate.
339 cases made
Our sparkling wines are hand harvested from our estate vineyards in Healdsburg, California. Winemaker Ashley puts the sparkle in every bottle using the Méthode Champenoise, the process used to make fine French Champagne.
Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County
Estate Grown, Morningsong Vineyards
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Wine Specs
Vintage
Non Vintage
Varietal
Mourvedre
Appellation
Dry Creek Valley
Vineyard Designation
Morningsong Vineyards
Harvest Date
02.09.2022
Sugar
18
Acid
8.06g/L
pH
3.27
Fermentation
100% stainless steel fermented and aged for 4 months
Bottling Date
02.13.2024
Residual Sugar
2g/L Brut Nature
Alcohol %
12.5
Wine Profile
Tasting Notes
Our Sparkling Mataro is a beautiful pale orange/pink color which is just lovely in the glass. It is very aromatic with notes of orange peel, dried strawberry, orange curd, some freeze dried raspberry notes, and pink starbursts. The palate is really nice with bright fruit notes and very balanced with nice orange notes, rosewater and pie crust. It finishes with great acidity and lingering fruit and floral notes on the palate.
Vineyard Notes
2022 was another quite warm vintage. We had extremely low rainfall over the winter and spring, which caused for a very small crop. Some frost and hail hit us in April, which further reduced the crop. A very warm summer led to an early harvest as well. However, because of the incredibly low yield, flavors are heightened and absolutely delicious from this vintage.
Production Notes
Our Mourvedre for sparkling is picked quite early and by hand. The grapes are whole cluster pressed after spending about 6 hours on skins to pick up a bit of color. The fermentation is very cold to keep all of the aromatics, so around 58 degrees. After 3 weeks, the fermented juice is racked off any hard settled lees and goes to a tank for resting until being tirage bottled about 4 months later! The wine is then bottled with a little bit of yeast and a little bit of sugar and goes through a secondary fermentation in bottle. This is called Methode Champenoise, or the traditional method of making Champagne. When the wine is done fermenting and aging, the sediment is removed from the bottles through the process of disgorging, the bottles are topped up and a small dosage is added and the corks are put in!
Winemaker Notes
Our Mataro comes from an older block on our property that was planted in 2011. This has consistently been the source of our Sparkling Mataro each vintage.
Production
339 cases