Style: Blanc Pet Nat Sparkling

Producer: Channing Daughters

Grape: 100% Diamond

Where: Finger Lakes, New York

Country: USA

Taste: Our Diamond is made in the Methode Ancestrale style and bottled before the end of its wild fermentation before it is complete, trapping the carbon dioxide in the bottle resulting in a lightly sparkling or Petillant wine. This is a delicious, aromatic and playful bottle of wine. The alcohol is low at about only 9%, the acidity is mouth-watering and refreshing and the flavors and aromas are both wild and comforting, familiar and foreign all at the same time. Our Diamond is very lightly sparking, crisp, dry and what you smell and taste are mineral, citrus and tree fruits driven along with a mild "grapiness" that is alluring, cozy and crazy delicious together. Only 168 cases of this gem were made in 2021, so get it, chill it, drink it and "Shine bright like a Diamond".

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Additonal Info:

Diamond is a very old American Hybrid white grape variety. Over 100 years ago it was prized for sparkling wine production. In the tome "The Grapes of New York", it was written in 1905 that "Diamond is surpassed in quality and beauty by few other grapes. When to its desirable fruit characters are added its earliness, hardiness, productiveness and vigor it is surpassed by no other green grape." "Diamond is a hybrid between Vitis labrusca and Vitis vinifera; the touch of the exotic grape given by the Vinifera parents has been sufficient to give it the richness in flavor of the Old World grape and not overcome the refreshing sprightliness of our native grapes." We could not agree more! Our Diamond is made in the Methode Ancestrale style and bottled before the end of its wild fermentation before it is complete, trapping the carbon dioxide in the bottle resulting in a lightly sparkling or Petillant wine. This is a delicious, aromatic and playful bottle of wine. The alcohol is low at about only 9%, the acidity is mouth-watering and refreshing and the flavors and aromas are both wild and comforting, familiar and foreign all at the same time. Our Diamond is very lightly sparking, crisp, dry and what you smell and taste are mineral, citrus and tree fruits driven along with a mild "grapiness" that is alluring, cozy and crazy delicious together. Only 168 cases of this gem were made in 2021, so get it, chill it, drink it and "Shine bright like a Diamond".

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Winemaker: James Christopher Tracy Atlantic breezes cool the vineyards creating a climate hospitable to a wide array of fascinating grape varieties. They grow and create wines from the white varieties Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Tocai Friulano, Sauvignon Blanc, Muscat Ottonel, Malvasia, Gewurztraminer, and Pinot Bianco, and the red varieties Merlot, Blaufrankisch, Pinot Noir, Dornfelder, Cabernet Franc, and Cabernet Sauvignon. Soon the reds Teroldego, Refosco and Lagrein will join them. They are the only winery on the East End growing and producing wines from many of these grapes. Their home is a beautiful plot of land in Bridgehampton that contains twenty-five acres of vines, small winery and tasting room. They source about fifty percent of their grapes from special sites and people on the North Fork. They allow the wines to naturally express the earth that grows them. Small and unique vineyard lots of grapes are fermented and bottled separately, bearing a Vineyard Designation and Appellation of Origin. They produce wines bearing all three Long Island AVA’s. The North Fork of Long Island, The Hamptons, and Long Island are all utilized. Whether it is a varietal Sauvignon Blanc from the Mudd Vineyard on the North Fork, Blaufrankisch from our Sylvanus Vineyard on our Estate in Bridgehampton or a blend of varieties and vineyards like their Vino Bianco, which bears a Long Island AVA, they believe in celebrating the place, vineyards and region from which they are lucky enough to produce wine.