Figure 1 is a zippy, bright, sparkling white wine produced in Pet Nat style - bottled during primary fermentation, naturally sparkling, and hand disgorged to remove sediment.
Figure 1
Tasting Notes | fresh squeezed grapefruit, lemon flesh with a touch of pith.
Variety | L'Acadie Blanc ABV | 11.6%
This wine was produced using the petillant naturel method. The fruit was destemmed, gently crushed, and pressed into a stainless steel tank to ferment until it dropped to 1.1° Brix. It was then bottled under crown cap and allowed to finish fermentation over the course of two months. The wine was then naturally cold-stabilized by placing the bottles outside in the chill of Vermont’s winter, and riddled by hand in January 2023. It spent over three months on lees before being disgorged by hand.
The 2022 Vintage:
On the nose, Figure 1 is subtle and delicate with swirls of lemon flesh + juice, quince blossom, a light touch of cinnamon and just a hint of vanilla. The body is striking and lean, with suppleness; beach-ready. On the palate, this thirst-quenching wine is packed with fresh-squeezed grapefruit and lemon, with a persistent fine bubble and focused acidity. Pair with pearls and pools.
Ideal serving temperature is around 45ºF; keep on ice.
Vineyards: Mt Philo and Meach Cove Trust
Locations: Shelburne, VT
L’Acadie Blanc was established at our Mt Philo Vineyard in 2013. With a slightly western aspect and north-south row orientation, vines receive maximum sunlight and exposure to prevailing winds. Soils are deep, well drained, sandy/stony loams formed in glacial till derived from limestone, calcareous shale, schist, and quartzite.
Our Meach Cove Vineyard is the least sloping of all our sites. Its constant north and south prevailing winds and its close proximity to Lake Champlain provide air movement, frost protection, and rapid drying after rain. Rows are oriented north-south for maximum sunlight and ripening. The underlying soil is deep, stony loam in the Georgia series. It originated in glacial till derived from limestone and calcareous shale.
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Growing Figure 1
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IAPETUS Wines
Our team farms over 15 acres of cold hardy grape vines on three vineyard sites in northern Vermont to make natural wine. Named after the ancient ocean that once covered the present day Champlain Valley, where the roots of our grapes now nestle, IAPETUS creates wine that is inexorably tied to the Vermont soil and landscape.
Using the deep historical context of the soil in which our grapes grow as a backbone, IAPETUS makes natural, minimal intervention wines. We trust our grapes to lead us to something wonderful.
We primarily grow cold-hardy hybrid grape varieties that are best suited to our climate and have natural disease resistance
No spraying of unnecessary chemicals
All grapes are hand harvested, and we minimize the use of machinery in the vineyard to reduce soil compaction
Minimal intervention in the growing process
Our vineyards are never irrigated or tilled
Native grasses and wildflowers are allowed to flourish under the vines, naturally improving soil health
We work with sheep in the vineyard several times per year - they mow the grass and provide natural fertilizer
We don’t use sulfur or chemicals to “correct” things in the wine making process, our wines are unfiltered and unfined.