Hiyu Tzum Fionn Spring Ephemeral 2022
Hiyu Tzum Fionn Spring Ephemeral 2022
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Hiyu Tzum Fionn Spring Ephemeral 2022

Hiyu Wine Farm
$91.00

Grape: Zinfandel
Vintage: 2022
Type: Red

This Zinfandel comes from the flatter part of Scorched Earth, where the soil is deeper black volcanic sand, and is labeled Columbia Valley. As a Spring Ephemeral, it is bottled early, in the spring after harvest, to catch the wine while its fruit and floral side are at their peak. High-struggle conditions where vines barely reach the wire in the nutrient-poor basalt rock. The grapes are harvested at exceptionally low sugar levels late in the season as the leaves turn gold and fall.

Winery

Hiyu is a true mixed farm with pigs, cows, chickens, ducks and geese living among the vines during different parts of the year and helping to control the vegetation. Nate calls their vineyard management, which has been deeply influenced by Masanobu Fukuoka, “the wild side of permaculture”.

The property is divided into half-acre blocks, each planted to a field blend from a different place or moment in the genetic history of the grapevine, 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 used to work as a sommelier in various 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.