• Ancestral Method Sparkling Wine
• 100% Chardonnay
• 9.5% ABV
• Barrel and bottle fermented
• Maryland Appellation
• 750 ML 

• Descriptors: citrus (lemon, lime), whipped cream, tangy green apple, crunchy green pear, yeast (biscuit)

Label Information

Pétillant Naturel (Pét-Nat) or Ancestral Method is when a wine is bottled at the end of its initial alcoholic fermentation. This means that the wine is bottle fermented, this is where the bubbles in the wine come from. Pét-Nats can be hard to control because they are bottled so early and during a live fermentation, but they are a fun wine to make. This wine was made with zero additives. It was not inoculated with yeast, fined, filtered, or disgorged. Thus the sediment in the bottle.

Tasting Notes

Visually the Ancestry is cloudy with sediment at the bottom. Over time more sediment will drop to the bottom and the wine will become clearer. 

The Ancestry is bright and zesty, packed with its natural acidity from the vineyard. The acidity works well with the bubbles in the wine.  Clocking in at just 9.5% ABV, there’s an almost surprising creaminess matched well alongside tastes of citrus, apple, and pear.  This wine was not disgorged nor filtered so a layer of natural sediment is to be expected.

Descriptors: citrus (lemon, lime), whipped cream, tangy green apple, crunchy green pear, yeast (biscuit)

The Ancestry can be drunk now or aged.