Lady Of The Sunshine | Winery

When a smart, rugged, confident female takes on fermented grapes, a beautiful blend of agriculture, winemaking and artistic expression explode. Can you give us the basics of what biodynamic actually means? She's a second generation farmer and winemaker reimagining the romance and whimsy of wine through her own playful varietals, while prioritizing biodynamic and organic farming practices. When you aren't making wine, what is your favorite pastime? Bozeman's coolest wine club. Low hillsides of both calcareous and volcanic soils are home to much of the vineyard acreage of the Edna Valley. In classic Lady of the Sunshine style, the grapes were food tread and whole bunch pressed. Gina grew up on her family's eighty-six acre Demeter certified biodynamic farm, Narrow Gate Vineyards, located in the Sierra Foothills of Northern California. The page you are looking for could not be found.

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It is farmed organically and planted on a limestone outcropping at high density and on its own roots. Appellation: Edna Valley. This playful blend is inspired by the traditional blends of the Cheverny region. 2349 N. Lincoln AvenueSame Day Delivery | Local Pickup. Gina settled on the coast of San Luis Obispo, farming and making wine from the Chene Vineyard, which she has converted to biodynamics. This goes for both reds and whites, but ultimately, it is all about balance. 07 pH on Sept 6 and the SB picked at 3. It's sampling vineyards close to harvest late at night in the dark with flashlights because that's the only time you can find to do so. A bright and fresh Chardonnay with notes of olive oil cake, lemon zest and sea salt. Lady of the Sunshine Chardonnay 'Chene Vineyards' Edna Valley 2021.

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Location: Edna Valley, CA. Gina currently makes Sauvignon Blanc from the Coquelicot Vineyard, an organic vineyard in the San Ynez Valley, and Pinot Noir from the Lindsley Vineyard, an organic vineyard in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Gina and her husband, Mikey, run Scar of the Sea and Lady of the Sunshine together out of their winery in San Luis Obispo, CA. In the wines I make, I strive for balance, both in flavor and ripeness, acidity and texture. She is currently farming and transitioning the vineyard to biodynamics and pursuing a Demeter certification status. From Gina Hildebrand of Lady of the Sunshine – Two-thirds organic Sauvignon Blanc from Talley Vineyard in Edna Valley; one-third biodynamically farmed Chardonnay from a neighboring vineyard that the winemaker Gina farms herself. The 2018 Chêne Vineyard Chardonnay is transparent medium to deep gold in color. Bottled unfined and unfiltered. Tell us more about your wines. 09 pH on Oct 9, 2019.

Lady Of Sunshine Wine

All of the wines are fermented using native yeast, natural acidity, minimal amounts of sulfur, and neutral french oak barrels. Tell us all about it! In the winter of 2018, Gina started farming (full-time), the six and a half acre, Chene Vineyard, in Edna Valley, that sits four miles from the Pacific Ocean. There is a global organization called Demeter that certifies vineyards and farms and also provides a community to connect. Since 2018, Gina has been farming the 6. I also like aging the wine on lees to build layers of complexity. With bright acidity, low alcohol and juicy texture, Gina's terroir driven wine pairs perfectly with just about everything… yes, even breakfast.

Lady Of The Sunshine Wine Country

Native yeast, unfined, unfiltered. 5 acres on the Central Coast of California, where I utilize regenerative, biodynamic farming practices in pursuit of making wines that speak of place. I love this question! And of course, taking out our 1987 Boston Whaler to fish off of Avila or Morro Bay. In Napa she saw grapes being meticulously farmed, but picked late when they were super ripe, over-extracted during the winemaking, and manipulated to bring back balance. Taxes and shipping calcuted at checkout. The Pinot is from the Biodynamically farmed Chene Vineyard with the Sauvignon Blanc coming from the organically farmed Oliver's Vineyard. This tends to yield lower alcohol, higher acidic wines that drink easy and pair with just about anything! Say the folks at Companion Wine Co. : "Maybe the best wine we have ever been a part of canning; will probably never happen again. Case Production - 402 cases. Typically, products are tasted in peer-group flights of from 5-8 samples. Variety: 100% Chardonnay.

Lady Of The Sunshine Wine Festival

After completing a biodynamic conversion, 2020 is the first vintage of 'Chene' released with a Demeter-certified stamp. I think this is very fairly priced and it's a very fun, clean, vibrant Central Coast Chardonnay. The fermentation was encouraged to keep warm by soaking in the sun throughout the duration of the fermentation before going dry. How was the vineyard farmed?

Lady Of The Sunshine Wine Tasting

Take a walk on the wild side and pick something you haven't tried before or maybe something you've heard about before but never tried. This wine is a blend of Pinot Noir from the certified biodynamic Chene vineyard and Sauvignon Blanc from the neighboring Oliver's vineyard, both in Edna Valley. The ultimate goal is to make fun, fresh, what we call, breakfast wines, that are built on the mantra, "know your farmer". Farming: Biodynamic. We are also working on opening a tasting room… more details to come! Made entirely with whole clusters, the medium ruby colored 2021 Pinot Noir Chene Vineyard features pure aromas of cranberries, black raspberries, tobacco, oolong tea leaves, dried herbs and a hint of tangerine.

We hear biodynamic a lot in wine talk. Region: Central Coast. Moving to the palate, I get notes of green apple, slightly underripe pear, baked pineapple, lime zest, olive oil, sea salt, and lightly toasted hazelnut and almond. I source local organic manure to make up the other half of our compost and collect all our green waste (coffee grinds, egg shells, you name it), to build our compost and return all of these things back into the soil. The goal is simple, to leave the land better than we found. When possible, products considered flawed or uncustomary are retasted. We are lucky we love what we do. It helped bring the idea of terroir full circle for me.