2022 Stirm Wine Co. 'Calcite' White Table Wine, Cienega Valley, USA Mars which we have brought back

which we have brought back to the Foothills in our vineyard after a nearly a century-long absence from the region

Our two 330L copper pot stills were designed by Austrian master distiller

30% fermented in stone lagar with foot pigeage

Valtellina Superiore DOCG

Fermented only using native yeasts and gently pumped over each morning and evening throughout fermentation

2022 Stirm Wine Co. 'Calcite' White Table Wine, Cienega Valley, USA Mars which we have brought back48% Chardonnay (Cienega Road Vineyard, Cienega Valley), (48%), 52%Riesling (Wirz Vineyard, Cienega Valley). The grapes were picked by hand over several passes between three different vineyards. At the winery the grapes were given 24 hours of whole cluster maceration to extract tannins, aroma, and flavor compounds in the skins (Riesling Scheurebe) and direct press (Chardonnay). No sulfur was added to allow the juice to oxidize. After a 36 hour cold