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Free Form by Okanagan Crush Pad Ancient Methodtext
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Free Form by Okanagan Crush Pad Ancient Method 2017

Summerland Bench, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaFree Form is the new organic, zero-intervention line from Haywire. From their newly planted Garnet Valley Ranch (planted 2013), this is young pinot noir, whole bunch pressed into 2000L concrete tanks and start native ferment. As per ancestrale, the bottles were filled during fermentation, and it completed in bottle, trapping all the bubbly goodness. After six months in bottle it was disgorged with no dosage. Tight and racy, with red apple, lemon, grapefruit pith acidity that rock skips across the palate. Bone dry, but with enough of an orchard kiss of RS (2.3 g/l) to prevent severity, you can enjoy this liberally, which is easy to do at 11.5 degrees. These new Free Form labels are made of stone paper: ground stones turned into a fine powder, which is then rolled to thinness. The process uses no water and no paper.Tasted: 30 August 2018Tasted by: Prices:
BC$34.90750mlwinery direct
Producer: Haywire by Okanagan Crush PadDistributors: Winery Direct
Grape: Pinot NoirCSPC: 864710UPC: 626990242796