{"product_id":"blinded-by-the-light-old-westminister-natural-wine","title":"Blinded by the Light 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlinded by the Light is a piquette-based white blend from Old Westminster in Carroll County, Maryland. The blend is 50% Piquette Blanc, 30% Grüner Veltliner, and 20% Vidal Blanc, acidulated to taste with verjus. Piquette is made by rehydrating pressed grape pomace with water, which triggers a second spontaneous fermentation using the residual sugars and native yeasts still present in the skins. The result is a lower-alcohol, wine-adjacent beverage with a light, slightly spritzy texture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis bottling pours a cloudy neon yellow. On the nose, expect tart lemon, pineapple core, and apricot skin. On the palate, the wine delivers lemonade-like citrus brightness, unripe peach, and tropical notes of pineapple and starfruit, with a mineral edge and clean, refreshing acidity. It is fermented with wild yeast, contains no added sulfites, and is bottled unfined and unfiltered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOld Westminster sits at 1550 Old Westminster Road in Westminster, Maryland. The winery's Home Vineyard is planted at 800 feet elevation on channery loam soils over a bedrock of greenstone schist — terrain that favors high-acid, site-expressive fruit. Winemaker Lisa Hinton and vineyard manager Drew Baker source from both estate and neighboring vineyards across Carroll County, working with a pragmatic farming program that relies primarily on organic inputs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePiquette carries no formal appellation designation; in the United States it exists as an emerging category championed by natural and low-intervention producers. Old Westminster has been a key voice in the American piquette conversation since launching its first commercial piquette bottling in 2018. Drink this cold and soon — piquette is not built for cellaring.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old Westminister","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39506835407047,"sku":"WESTBLIN20C","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/westminister-blinded-by-the-light-piquette-natural-wine-primal-wine_407672e2-49b5-4052-b3e5-7d02deaedc82.jpg?v=1616712209","url":"https:\/\/primalwine.com\/products\/blinded-by-the-light-old-westminister-natural-wine","provider":"Primal Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}