Say When Over Easy Piquette 2020
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| Management number | 253563087 | Release Date | 2026/10/24 | List Price | CA$13.20 | Model Number | 253563087 | ||
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Over Easy Piquette is made from the Grenache Blanc pomace left over after carbonic maceration for Say When's skin-contact white. The spent skins were rehydrated for 3 days and punched down daily, then pressed a second time. A portion of fresh Grenache Blanc juice was added to restart native fermentation. The wine was bottled at 1 Brix and disgorged after 6 months in bottle with no sulfur added at any stage.
The grapes come from Martian Ranch, a 20-acre Demeter-certified biodynamic estate on Alisos Canyon Road near Los Alamos in Santa Barbara County. Martian Ranch was purchased in 2006, planted in 2008 under the guidance of biodynamic consultant Philippe Armenier, and received full Demeter certification in 2014. The Grenache Blanc block is planted to clone 141 on 101-14 rootstock. Soils at Martian Ranch are primarily Paso Robles Formation: a gravelly, shale-pebble matrix with sand and clay, offering excellent drainage and moderate vine vigor.
Piquette is a low-alcohol beverage made from the second pressing of pomace. It is lighter than conventional wine both in alcohol and body, with a natural light effervescence from in-bottle conditioning. The result here is a hazy, pale straw wine with fine, fleeting bubbles. Aromas lean toward orange blossom and guava, with a palate of white peach, mango, and a faint salinity. It drinks more like a sparkling wine spritzer than a still white, and finishes clean and dry.
Say When produces all wines at a shared winery in Lompoc, California. As of 2020, all their vineyard sources are farmed using organic, biodynamic, or regenerative organic practices. Every wine undergoes native fermentation with no commercial yeasts, nutrients, or additives beyond occasional sulfur use — which is absent entirely in this bottling.
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