Hiyu Wine Farm Tzum Solais Spring Ephemeral 2024

Hiyu Wine Farm Tzum Solais Spring Ephemeral 2024

Hiyu Wine Farm
$80.00

Grape: CDP Blend
Vintage: 2024
Type: Red

Field blend of all 13 of the ancient grapes of Chateauneuf-du-Pape, including white, red, and rosé. Muddled blackberry; gently crushed flowers, African spices, herbal tones and sun-warmed berries. Think Campari on the rocks—drink it slightly chilled and pair it with everything.

Winemaker’s note: “2024 will become known as a dark, brooding, subtle but deeply concentrated vintage. A different kind of concentration from 2023’s fireworks of flashy aromatics… this wine is astonishing in the way it presents visually as a light rosé but then opens into the mouth to reveal depth and concentration. The wine is massive and absurdly delicious.”

 

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.