Ampelos Santa Barbara County Viognier - Phi collectible wine The blend was fermented in

The blend was fermented in almost equal parts upright oak and concrete tanks

100% Areni grapes are sourced from various old vine vineyards in Khachik Village

Great saline beam through the wine holding up the very ripe fruit

There have been no additions to this wine and it is not filtered or fined

Ampelos Santa Barbara County Viognier - Phi collectible wine The blend was fermented inThis wine retains the flavors of the freshly picked fruit without masking it with oak and other distracting components. The primary fermentation utilizes the natural wild yeast that comes in on the grapes. The wine does not go through the second (malolactic) fermentation, thus keeping the minerality as well as the crispness of the fruit in the wine. The wine was sterile filtered before bottling. WINEMAKING METHOD : Biodynamic Wines, Low Intervention