Maloof "L"eau Epicée" sparkling wine (Riesling/Gewurz) 2021

L'Eau Epicee is as unique as it is delicious. A 50/50 composite of Gewurztraminer and Riesling was fermented separately in open containers, with part of the Riesling drained into 5-gallon buckets and put into a freezer.

After the wine fermented, the frozen Riesling juice was added just before bottling, where a secondary fermentation took place, resembling something like Methode Ancestrale. The wine itself is a beauty of a sparkler - fruit-forward with tons of pear, grapefruit and green apple skin over a solid mineral backbone.