Hiyu Tzum feis Perennial 2017
Hiyu Tzum feis Perennial 2017
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Hiyu Tzum Feis Perennial 2017

Hiyu Wine Farm
$104.00

Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Malbec, Carmenère, Petit Verdot, Tannat, Abouriou, Fer, Négrette
Vintage: 2017
Type: Red

This red wine comes from a 1-acre parcel closest to the river at Scorched Earth, on clay and basalt, grafted in 2016 to old Bordeaux and Southwest French varieties: cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc, merlot, malbec, carmenère, petit verdot, tannat, abouriou, fer, and négrette. It spends a month on the skins and ages in neutral oak. As a Perennial, it was held back and released as an older wine, chosen for how it changes with time rather than for early freshness.

Winery

Hiyu is a true mixed farm, with pigs, cows, chickens, ducks, and geese living among the vines at different times of the year and helping control the vegetation. Nate calls their vineyard management, deeply influenced by Masanobu Fukuoka, “the wild side of permaculture”. The property is divided into half-acre blocks, each planted as a field blend from a different place or moment in the grapevine's genetic history, with up to 150 different varieties and clones in total.

The name “Hiyu” comes from Chinook Jargon, where it denotes “abundance”, “plenty” or “big party”. Nate Ready worked as a sommelier at several fine establishments, including the lauded Thomas Keller’s French Laundry in Napa Valley. China Tresemer, the estate’s co-founder and agriculturalist, is also a talented illustrator who creates all the labels.

Manual harvest into small baskets, whole-cluster macerations, foot-treading and basket press, slow fermentation with indigenous yeasts only. Aged in old neutral oak barrels of various sizes. No fining or filtration, no sulfur at bottling.