La Garagista ‘Novello’ Grape-Apple Cider 2023

$32.00

Location: United States, Vermont

Winemaker: Deirdre Heekin & Camila Carrillo

Winemaking: Organically farmed with biodynamic and regenerative practices.
Native yeasts and no additives
Unfined, unfiltered, and col fondo ("with the bottom" lees).

Drink this with...just drink this. Frankly, it's delicious plus low in alcohol. Perfect for a picnic outside or when the rain drives you in next to the wood stove, camped out on the living room floor. Great as the wine to start your evening, or accompanying eggs and bacon or pancakes for dinner. Or brunch..

From the producers: We set a side a portion of our 2023 Novello Rose Coferment because we're believers that cider can age so well. Made with our early apples from two unique wild apple varieties from two trees who have been in an entwined embrace for nearly a hundred years here at the homefarm. The apples are pressed through our red Marquette and white La Crescent skins creating a rosy, apricot hue. This pretty rosé is a little bit fruity with lots of minerality, a lovely soft, creamy bubble, and some structure.

We are located on Mount Hunger at the edge of the forest in the Châteauguay and in the Piedmont chain of hills in Barnard, Vermont. Here we grow alpine wine and ciders. Our land has been part of small homestead farming for over two hundred years. On the farm, we attend to the care and observation of our native terroir, a whole-farm and diverse agriculture where we are not only growing wine, but also vegetables, fruits, flowers, and herbs for ourselves and our tiny kitchen and for our spontaneous, always last minute pop-up tasting room/wine bar. We farm four parcels of vineyard: the homefarm vineyard les bonnes femmes, a joint project just across the road, les forestières, and two older parcels in the Champlain Valley, les carouges and i selvatici. The work we do at the farm and winery, both in the field and in the cellar, is guided by regenerative, permaculture, and biodynamic thought. We try to let all elements of the farm speak for themselves accompanied by our stewardship.

Our mission is to care for our land in creative and natural ways, make way for the honest narrative told by the wines and ciders that express our unique landscape and each vintage year, and share in and support the spirited food and agriculture of our community.

Location: United States, Vermont

Winemaker: Deirdre Heekin & Camila Carrillo

Winemaking: Organically farmed with biodynamic and regenerative practices.
Native yeasts and no additives
Unfined, unfiltered, and col fondo ("with the bottom" lees).

Drink this with...just drink this. Frankly, it's delicious plus low in alcohol. Perfect for a picnic outside or when the rain drives you in next to the wood stove, camped out on the living room floor. Great as the wine to start your evening, or accompanying eggs and bacon or pancakes for dinner. Or brunch..

From the producers: We set a side a portion of our 2023 Novello Rose Coferment because we're believers that cider can age so well. Made with our early apples from two unique wild apple varieties from two trees who have been in an entwined embrace for nearly a hundred years here at the homefarm. The apples are pressed through our red Marquette and white La Crescent skins creating a rosy, apricot hue. This pretty rosé is a little bit fruity with lots of minerality, a lovely soft, creamy bubble, and some structure.

We are located on Mount Hunger at the edge of the forest in the Châteauguay and in the Piedmont chain of hills in Barnard, Vermont. Here we grow alpine wine and ciders. Our land has been part of small homestead farming for over two hundred years. On the farm, we attend to the care and observation of our native terroir, a whole-farm and diverse agriculture where we are not only growing wine, but also vegetables, fruits, flowers, and herbs for ourselves and our tiny kitchen and for our spontaneous, always last minute pop-up tasting room/wine bar. We farm four parcels of vineyard: the homefarm vineyard les bonnes femmes, a joint project just across the road, les forestières, and two older parcels in the Champlain Valley, les carouges and i selvatici. The work we do at the farm and winery, both in the field and in the cellar, is guided by regenerative, permaculture, and biodynamic thought. We try to let all elements of the farm speak for themselves accompanied by our stewardship.

Our mission is to care for our land in creative and natural ways, make way for the honest narrative told by the wines and ciders that express our unique landscape and each vintage year, and share in and support the spirited food and agriculture of our community.