{"product_id":"l-eau-epicee-maloof-wines-sparkling-oregon-natural-wine","title":"L’Eau Epicée 2019","description":"\u003cp\u003eL'Eau Epicée (French for 'spicy water') is made from Riesling and Gewurztraminer sourced from BeckenRidge Vineyard, a 13-acre site owned by Ken and Becky Jacroux in the Willamette Valley. The vines are own-rooted and dry-farmed, planted in 1976, and sit at approximately 650 feet elevation on Jory and loam soils. At the time of this 2019 vintage, the vineyard was LIVE certified and transitioning to organic certification through Oregon Tilth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wine is made in three lots. Riesling is pressed and fermented in neutral 500-liter puncheons. The Gewurztraminer is split: a portion direct-pressed and fermented in stainless steel, the remainder destemmed, fermented on the skins for 20 days, then pressed off into neutral French oak barrels. Once all three lots reach dryness, they are blended into a single tank. Freshly thawed Riesling must — frozen at crush the previous fall — is stirred in, and the wine is immediately bottled. Refermentation in bottle over a couple of months produces the bubble. Maloof calls the method 'ancestropetnoise,' a hybrid of ancestral Champenoise and petillant naturel. Bottled unfined and unfiltered with no added sulfites.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is a hazy, amber-gold sparkling wine with fine, persistent bubbles and a small amount of natural sediment in the bottle — closer in style to a col fondo Prosecco than a conventional pet-nat. The Gewurztraminer skin contact adds texture and grip, while the Riesling anchors the wine with bracing acidity. Aromatics lean toward blood orange, dried apricot, honeysuckle, and saline mineral notes. Only 120 cases were produced.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStore upright. Serve well chilled. Gently invert before pouring to resuspend sediment, or decant to leave it behind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maloof Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35355704852632,"sku":"MALOEPIC19C","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/maloof-l_eau-epicee-pet-nat-oregon-natural-wine.jpg?v=1780187023","url":"https:\/\/primalwine.com\/products\/l-eau-epicee-maloof-wines-sparkling-oregon-natural-wine","provider":"Primal Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}