Sparkling Grape Cider — AVA New York

We have long wanted to make a Sparkling Grape Cider. Our grapes, local apples...Co-Fermented! Thrilled with the opportunity to work with tasty local apples grown and crushed right down the road at The Halsey Farm and The Milk Pail, we created this delicious sparkling grape cider made in a Method Ancestral style, also known as a Petillant Naturel. This is a super delicious and fun wine. It is created from 32% Chardonnay juice and 68% apple cider fermented together wild. We wanted to call it "c/Hard Cider" a play on hard cider made with Chardonnay, but the federal regulatory bureau would not have it! We cherished the chance to work with the Halsey family and their incredible apples and cider. Jenn Halsey said there are many varieties of apples in the cider we received including; Red Delicious, Fuji, Mutsu, RubyFrost, Jonagold, Winesap, Granny Smith, Gala, Honeycrisp, Macoun, Snapdragon and likely a few others. There are dynamic aromas and flavors reminiscent of both wine and cider and the interplay back and forth between the two is a delight to experience. The aromas and flavors and fun just seem to be heightened by the bubbles. The wine possesses moderate alcohol at only 9.3% and delicious lively acidity that keeps you coming back for more. There is a fair amount of carbonation in this version so make sure the bottle is very well chilled upright and be ready to pour when opening! We only made 71 cases of this delicious sparkler in 2020. While regulations do not allow us to put a vintage on this wine for some reason all the fruit, both grape and apples, is from the 2020 vintage. We think this wine is pretty special and there are not too many examples of this magical combination of grape juice and apple cider. So don't miss the experience and delicious expression of our East End told through two farms and two distinctly different fruits alchemized together for this awesome wine!We have long wanted to make a Sparkling Grape Cider. Our grapes, local apples...Co-Fermented! Thrilled with the opportunity to work with tasty local apples grown and crushed right down the road at The Halsey Farm and The Milk Pail, we created this delicious sparkling grape cider made in a Method Ancestral style, also known as a Petillant Naturel. This is a super delicious and fun wine. It is created from 32% Chardonnay juice and 68% apple cider fermented together wild. We wanted to call it "c/Hard Cider" a play on hard cider made with Chardonnay, but the federal regulatory bureau would not have it! We cherished the chance to work with the Halsey family and their incredible apples and cider. Jenn Halsey said there are many varieties of apples in the cider we received including; Red Delicious, Fuji, Mutsu, RubyFrost, Jonagold, Winesap, Granny Smith, Gala, Honeycrisp, Macoun, Snapdragon and likely a few others. There are dynamic aromas and flavors reminiscent of both wine and cider and the interplay back and forth between the two is a delight to experience. The aromas and flavors and fun just seem to be heightened by the bubbles. The wine possesses moderate alcohol at only 9.3% and delicious lively acidity that keeps you coming back for more. There is a fair amount of carbonation in this version so make sure the bottle is very well chilled upright and be ready to pour when opening! We only made 71 cases of this delicious sparkler in 2020. While regulations do not allow us to put a vintage on this wine for some reason all the fruit, both grape and apples, is from the 2020 vintage. We think this wine is pretty special and there are not too many examples of this magical combination of grape juice and apple cider. So don't miss the experience and delicious expression of our East End told through two farms and two distinctly different fruits alchemized together for this awesome wine! 6 bottle max per customer.