Therianthropy - Blonde Pet Nat, 4 Mile Creek, Jenkins Vineyard, Niagara, Ontario (2023)

TASTING NOTES

Candied mango, Turkish apricot, orange creamsicle and banana cream pie, with fresh sage, lavender and honeyed brioche. A creamy, effervescent palate

Fermentation In concrete egg - a three-day cold-settling was followed by a spontaneous primary fermentation, which took 22 days until hand-bottled at 1 Brix, allowing the fermentation to complete in bottle over another 7 days. 100% of the wine went through malolactic fermentation, taking one month to complete. Elevage: 12 months in bottle on lees, before being disgorged.

Therianthropy is a winery project located in the emerging wine growing region of Creemore Hills, Ontario. It was founded by a group of wine-loving humans who are passionate about cool climate winemaking and believe in unearthing the treasures which are the emerging terroirs of Ontario. 

Vintner David Eiberg came to winemaking after a career in investment banking. He took his love of wine and returned to the University of California Davis to train in oenology and cut his teeth working and harvesting with exceptional winemakers in France, California, Oregon, South Africa and most recently in Southern Ontario. 

Therianthropy's winemaking approaches include: fruit from the best vineyards, wild fermentations, low-intervention winemaking, low S02 and long elevage.