NV INFINITE CANON II

Rappahannock County

Traditional Method Cider

768 Bottles Produced

pH: 3.82 | ABV: 7.79% | TA: 5.92 g/L | TSO2: 14 ppm

All fruit ferments without modification. All cider and wine is unfined and unfiltered.

Fruit/Site:

  • 34% perpetual reserve begun in 2019. Previous harvests of Arkansas Black from Williams Orchard in Flint Hill. Gravelly loam of granitic gneiss, 650’.

  • 43% organic Grimes Golden from The Farm at Sunnyside in Washington, harvested in 2021. Clay loam of granitic schist with quartz fragments, 850’.

  • 23% unsprayed York from Rock Hill Farm in Flint Hill, harvested in 2021. Loam of granitic schist with mica fragments, 550’.

Season:

  • The perpetual reserve is an attempt to mediate the (sometimes wildly) variant Virginia vintages and combine the depth of aging with the energy of the most recent year’s fruit.

Fermentation/Development:

  • Based on vintage character, a varying portion of the apples ferment on their skins before being pressed into neutral French oak.

  • Reserve cider ages untopped in a single 425 L acacia barrel. At bottling, a portion of this base is blended with still-fermenting cider from the current harvest to finish in bottle. The remaining portion of young cider then tops up the acacia barrel to refresh the perpetual reserve.

  • Bottles age on lees for 10 months before being riddled and disgorged by hand. No SO2 has been added since 2020.

Tasting:

  • Honeysuckle, anise, dried lime

Artwork:

  • An ongoing overlay of connected coordinates corresponding to variations in fruit chemistry from each respective harvest.