Trail Estate Winery
A Little Bit Supersonic
Let it snow!
In a lot of ways, this is what we have been waiting for. Snow always adds brightness to the winter cold; we love the crunch under our feet (and replenishes our resevoirs for Spring!).
This week we are releasing a limited amount of 2021 Supersonic Sparkling! We are making 300 bottles available in 6- and 12-packs as a pre-release — just to add a little more colour to winter :)
Grown by Cory and Beverly Lipsitt, this wine is 100% hand harvested and 100% Concord! Pressed on a very long press cycle with lots of rotation to naturally extract juice from these hard-to-press grapes. Bottled with an addition of (pre-fermented) juice for in-bottle fermentation.
This wine has developed a cult following over the last few years and its always fun to compare vintage to vintage. 2021 comes across a bit lighter, no doubt reflecting the rains during harvest. The bubbles are still light to moderate at this point with a faint sweetness still. Keep this wine nearer to room temperature and it will evolve over the next month or two, becoming drier and the bubbles more vigorous.
ps. Also available as combo pack with our Fronte-Snack Frontenac Noir #collab with The Grape Witches!
We are planning to reopen our retail shop this week, Thursday January 20th. Bottle shop only for the moment and hours will be 12-5, Thursdays thru Saturdays!
If the snow is hampering you plans, no worries as shipping remains FREE on any orders of 6 or more*.
Pét Nat!
I am so excited to embark on another year of drinking… ahem… education! This year I am embarking on some new adventures, recovering from a harvest and along with everyone, trying to get through the COVID depression!
The word PIVOT sends shivers down my spine and the thought of cancelling another plan isn’t even worth the emotion of getting upset anymore. Instead of focusing on the bad, I’m writing to you to tell you that there is plenty to be happy with in the wine industry — and we are embarking on a new project! News on the latter soon!
Our first WOTM Club of the season!!!
I find Pét Nats fascinating for their purity — not in a conventional sense, but in a fruit-meets-fermentation-meets-palate-immediately sense. Fermentation can be very complicated when you start considering all the factors that can be controlled and how those factors affect the finished product. This year I’ve paid careful attention to bubbles and trying to keep them in bottle, not on your ceiling! I’m really happy with these and think they bring balance and poise — with a bit of funky purity of course.
Baco is back! This time in sparkling. Light bubbles will get more vigorous (and drier) over time — this is still a young wine. It’s showing lovely notes of berries — blackberries, cherries, strawberry and currants. Finishes with savoury spice and complexity — think beets (slightly meaty), rosehip tea, tarragon and clove.
Trail Estate Winery
416 Benway Rd., Hillier ON K0K 2J0
647-233-8599