CHANNING DAUGHTERS WINERY CLUB SELECTION MAR 2022

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Today the Channing Daughters Winery - March Club shipment arrived (Figure 1).  This quarter consisted of two bottles.  The first is a white, the 2020 Tocai Friulano – Sylvanus Vineyard (Figure 2), and the second a red the 2020 Syrah – Mudd West Vineyard (Figure 3).  Both are outstanding wines as we have enjoyed several prior vintages of each through the years.  A lot can be said for each wine, but I will save my comments when we drink the wine.  Below is an excerpt from the Channing Daughters website that describes each wine in detail.  Regrettably, both wines are wine club member exclusive, so you will need to drop by a member’s house to try some.

CHANNING DAUGHTERS 2020 TOCAI FRIULANO

We are excited to offer you the new vintage of our Tocai Friulano!  This 2020 Tocai is a blend of 78% Tocai Friulano and 22% Sauvignon Blanc all grown (and harvested together) in the complanted Sylvanus vineyard on our home farm in Bridgehampton.  We are one of just a couple producers growing and making Tocai Friulano on the East End of Long Island, and one of only a handful in the United States.  Our Tocai was harvested by hand, whole cluster-pressed, fermented and raised in stainless steel tanks and barrels on its lees for five months This white grape is native to the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region in Northeast Italy and our version offers wonderful aromas and flavors of green and yellow apples, white grapefruit, marcona almonds, minerals, talc, Asian pears and spice.  Our Tocai is pale straw in color with gold/green reflections, the wine is bone dry and possesses a medium body, moderate alcohol, juicy acidity and great persistence on the long flavorful finish.  There is an alluring sea salt minerality that keeps you coming back for more.  Our Tocai has a great mouthfeel and manages the very gratifying textural paradox of a light, fresh, aromatic wine with a weighty, fleshy, fluidity that is just delightful.  Our 2020 Tocai Friulano was bottled on March 4, 2021.  This is the quintessential prosciutto wine and also works well with other hams, salumi, fresh cheeses, fricos, pastas and risotto.  Also, white fleshed fish dishes and our local clams (in pasta, casino, baked, raw and on a pizza!) are a tasty match.  We hope you enjoy this delicious and unique white wine.  303 cases produced.  12 bottle max per customer.

 

 

CHANNING DAUGHTERS 2020 SYRAH

We made super small lots of pure Syrah in the 2015, 2017 and 2019 vintages...and because it was fun and delicious, we decided to do it again!  So here is our 2020 Syrah from the Mudd West Vineyard.  This wine is 100% Syrah fruit, as always hand-harvested grapes, stomped on by foot and punched down by hand and shovel.  Fermented wild and bottled on September 1st, 2021, after ten months in older oak barrels.  This is a blue-fruited, blackberry, bacon and lilac-driven wine with a great savory quality and wonderful length.  Our 2020 Syrah is medium-bodied and has a beautiful purple colored rim with an opaque core.  Bright, juicy acidity and moderate alcohol carry the flavors and aroma on and on.  This wine will be awesome with roast chicken, steaks and chops, mushrooms and grains and anything from the Pig!  While quite youthful now, our 2020 Syrah will continue to develop in the bottle for at least five years.  This is a special, small production wine at just 398 cases so don’t wait! 12 bottle max per customer.  


FIG 1 - CHANNING DAUGHTERS CLUB SELECTION  MARCH 2022 

FIG 2 - CHANNING DAUGHTERS 2020 TOCAI-FRIULANO-SYLVANUS

FIG 3 - CHANNING DAUGHTERS 2020 SYRAH



 






Location: CHANNING DAUGHTERS 1927 Scuttle Hole Rd, Bridgehampton, NY 11932, USA

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