WONDERWERK FREE YOUR MIND

Co-fermentation! The idea is to be more than the sum of the parts. At its core, Free Your Mind is an aromatic orange wine: a skin-fermented Riesling. When the Riesling is mid-way through fermentation, pressed carbonic Carignan is gradually blended in via daily pump-overs. Our goal is to conduct a layered extraction of Riesling skins in two phases:

1. a water matrix (low alcohol) extraction - Riesling on skins (<6% abv), no Carignan
2. an alcohol matrix extraction - Riesling on skins (>6% abv) with daily incorporation of
pressed carbonic Carignan (~12% abv)

Once the Carignan is completely married into the Riesling and the wine is pressed off of the Riesling skins, the resulting structure is a chillable red wine with novel complexity.

50% Carignan (Sandy Lane Vineyard)
50% Riesling (Zabala Vineyard)

Sandy Lane Vineyard (Contra Costa County AVA / Antioch, CA) - sustainable
Zabala Vineyard (Arrooy Seco AVA / Soledad, CA) - certified organic since 2010, Lodi Rules certified

1980 cases produced
12% Alc. by Vol.