You may know that we grow a lot of peaches, for our famous jams as well as for local restaurants, but you may not know that most years we also make peach wine for home consumption. The peaches have gorgeous aromatics that translate beautifully to wine. We decided to take our peach wine to the next level and make a refreshing Peach and Chardonnay sparkler. We combined our home-grown Fay Elberta peaches with our Linda Vista Chardonnay grapes, macerating them together and pressing them together in the press - making a delicious refreshing wine with a light spritz. Low ABV and incredibly crisp, the delicate and haunting aromatics will remind you of the peak of summer.
Fay Elberta Peaches are a classic California heirloom tree. We dry farm ours on our Certified Organic property in the Napa Valley. Fay Elberta peaches are light in color with wonderful peachy aromatics. They fell out of the market because they are very fuzzy - a trait that actually helps them ward off pests for easier Organic Farming but is considered too old-fashioned for modern supermarkets.
The Linda Vista Vineyard was planted back in 1989, and we took it over and converted it to Organic Farming in 2011. We picked the grapes for the Grape + Peach wine in early August, at very low sugar levels. We wanted to make a feather-light wine with mouthwatering acidity and beautiful aromatics. 248 cases produced. | Matthiasson