WINEMAKING NOTES
K2 is a Bordeaux blend made from 21% grapes from Casanel Vineyards and 79% grapes from 2 Virginia vineyards. The blend consists of 52% Merlot, 27% Cabernet Franc, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Carménère and 3% Petit Verdot. These different varietals were picked at different times to respect their respective ripeness time and were treated separately in tanks and in barrels until blending.

After hand-harvest and sorting in the vineyard, the grapes were gently transported in small lugs to the winery where they were destemmed, sorted again on a vibrating sorting table before to be sent in a stainless steel tank by gravity. After 2 to 4 days of cold maceration depending on the varietal, the alcoholic fermentation was started and occurred around 75 to 80 degrees F. Pump-overs were done every day during the fermentation and also during the short warm post-maceration, that lasted about 2 to 3 weeks (again depending on the varietal – Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot had both a longer post-maceration). The different wines were then pressed and sent to barrels where the malolactic (ML) fermentation occurred rapidly. After racking from ML, these wines returned to barrels to be aged for 21 months entirely in French oak Bordeaux barrels (30% new, 30% in 1-year old, 30% in 2-years old and 10% in 3-years old barrels). The final blending occurred at the end of February 2017. After a small fining, the wine was racked, filtered and bottled.

PRODUCTION DETAILS
Vineyard: 21% Casanel Vineyard – 100% VIRGINIA – Merlot and Cabernet Franc are the two only varietals composing this blend that were not coming from Casanel Vineyards
Varietal: 52% Merlot, 27% Cabernet Franc, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Carménère and 3% PV
Vintage: 2017
Harvest Date: different picking dates depending on the varietals (Merlot: 09/28/17 – Cabernet Franc: 09/15/17 – Carménère: 09/24/15 – Cabernet Sauvignon: 10/06/17 – Petit Verdot: 10/05-06/17)
Bottling Date: 07/31/19
Fermentation: 100% whole berry, stainless steel tank
Yeast: FX10
Malo: 100%
pH: 3.69
Alcohol: 13% vol.
Residual Sugar: < 0.03 g/l in glucose-fructose
Aging: 21 months in 100% French Bordeaux barrels: 16% in new barrels & 68% in 2-year old barrel & 16% in 3-years old barrels
Cases produced: 490 cases
Cellaring: Enjoy it now to 2030 (medium-full body wine)

Full of rich red and black fruits with luscious acidity, this wine has an excellent balance with a touch of red pepper and cocoa nibs to the finish. Named after Katie & Katell who create this blend each year together. The two of them exponentially increasing each other's winemaking skills with every wine we make.

100% Estate Pinot Gris, Stainless steel-aged. Full of lemon, pear, apricot, & kiwi with a bit of minerality. Named for the granddaughter of the winery, much like Casanel is a merging of Casey & Nelson; Ellianna is named after her parents Elliotte and Anna.

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WINEMAKING NOTES
Our “Ellianna” Pinot Gris is made from 100% estate grapes from Casanel Vineyards. After hand-harvesting and sorting in the vineyard, our grapes were gently transported into small lugs and then stored for one night in a cold room. The day after, the grapes were sorted again on a sorting table before pressing. Cold-settling occurred for one night, followed by a unique two stage fermentation process. The first stage took place after racking the clarified juice into the fermentation vessel and was inoculated with Alpha yeast (torulaspora delbruekii), which releases aromas and creates organoleptic diversity. After 48 hours of activity from the Alpha yeast, the juice was inoculated with our typical saccharomyces cervisiae yeast, VL3, and the normal procedure for alcoholic fermentation was carried out in the single stainless-steel tank. Following fermentation, the wine was aged entirely in stainless steel. In February, we proceeded to protein stabilize and cold stabilize before hand-bottling on the Estate in March.

TASTING & FOOD PAIRING NOTES

Pear — honeysuckle — kiwi — white peach — lime zest – hint of minerality – fresh and crispy
Lighter dishes – goes well with seafood, chicken, lighter meats like pork – fresh or hard cheese

PRODUCTION DETAILS
Vintage Year: 2019
Vineyard: 100% Casanel Vineyard – 100% Estate Appellation: AVA Middleburg
Composition: 100% Pinot Gris Clone: 146 & 52 (Cert) Rootstock: 101-14
Average Vine Age: 11 years
Harvest Date: 08/22/19
Bottling Date: 03/28/2020
Fermentation: Stainless Steel
Yeast: Alpha (TD) + VL3
ML: None
pH: 3.32
Alcohol: 13.0% vol.
Residual Sugar: < 0.03 g/l in glucose-fructose
Aging: 100% Stainless Steel
Aging Time: 7 months
Cases Produced: 92 cases
Cellaring: Enjoy it now to 2022 – Drink it while young and fresh (light-medium body wine)

Named after the second, and youngest granddaughter of the winery Patricia Marie is also a Pinot Gris, but has a little bit of oak aging. 100% Pinot Gris aged with American oak. Notes of vanilla, coconut, pear, melon, and ginger.

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WINEMAKING NOTES
Our Pinot Gris is made from 100% grapes from Casanel Vineyards. After hand-harvesting and sorting in the vineyard, our grapes were gently transported into small lugs and were stored for one night in a cold room. The day after, the grapes were sorted again on a sorting table before pressing. Cold-settling occurred for two days, followed by alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel tank. Toward the middle of the alcoholic fermentation 50% of the juice was transferred to American oak barrels for aging, to provide a fuller body and unique aroma. In June, we proceeded to protein stabilize before hand-bottling on the Estate.

TASTING & PAIRING NOTES
Tropical fruits – melon – pear – vanilla – toast – coconut – ginger
Asian cuisine – seafood – goes well with lighter proteins (chicken, pork) – salad – charcuterie and hard cheeses

PRODUCTION DETAILS
Vintage Year: 2019
Vineyard: 100% Casanel Vineyard – 100% Estate Appellation: AVA Middleburg (100% VA)
Composition: 100% Pinot Gris Clone: 146 & 52 (Cert) Rootstock: 101-14
Average Vine Age: 11 years
Harvest Date: 08/27/19
Bottling Date: 06/19/2020
Fermentation: Stainless Steel
Yeast: Delta
ML: None

pH: 3.41
Alcohol: 12.5% vol.
Residual Sugar: < 0.03 g/l in glucose-fructose
Aging: 50% Stainless Steel & 50% American Oak
New Oak: 50% new American oak, 50% 2 year-old American oak
Aging Time: 9 months
Cases produced: 110 cases
Cellaring: Enjoy it now to 2025 - Drink while young (medium body wine)

Our Chardonnay is made from 100% grapes from Casanel Vineyards. Fermented in Stainless steel, with 34% reserved for blending back in. 66% aged sur lie for 1 month in French Burgundy barrels. No Malo-lactic fermentation. Flavors of tropical pineapple, tart citrus, and delicate pastry.

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WINEMAKING NOTES
Our Chardonnay is made from 100% grapes from Casanel Vineyards. After hand-harvesting and sorting in the vineyard, the grapes were gently transported in small lugs and were stored for one night in a cold room. The day after, the grapes were sorted again on a sorting table before pressing. Cold-settling occurred for one night, followed by alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel tank. Toward the middle of the fermentation, 66% of the juice was sent to French Burgundy barrels to finish the fermentation, while the final 34% remained in stainless steel tank. After a few weeks of “sur lie” aging (aging on the lees while in oak barrel) and a gentle “bâtonnage” (lees stirring), the wine was racked off the lees and sent back into oak barrels to continue the aging process. In August, we proceeded to protein stabilization and cold stabilization before hand-bottling on the Estate, which occurred at the end of September 2019.

TASTING & PAIRING NOTES
citrus – lemon custard – lime - pineapple - vanilla - bread - pastry - long – rich – nice balance between acidity from the fruit and creaminess from the aging in barrels
Rich dishes – dishes with creamy sauces – lean protein – pizza, flatbread – versatile with cheese, goes well with bloomy rind cheese

PRODUCTION DETAILS
Vintage Year: 2018
Vineyard: 100% Casanel Vineyard – 100% Estate Appellation: AVA Middleburg Composition: 100% Chardonnay Clone: 76 & 95 (Cert) Rootstock: 101-14
& 3309
Average Vine Age: 10 & 11 years
Harvest Date: 09/05/18
Bottling Date: 09/11/19
Fermentation: Stainless Steel
Yeast: VL2
ML: None
pH: 3.45
Alcohol: 13.0% vol.
Residual Sugar: < 0.03 g/l in glucose-fructose

Aging: 66% French oak Wood Origin: Beaune, Meursault
New Oak: 33% (33% in new barrel & 33% in 2 year-old French oak)
Aging Time: 11 months

Cases produced: 70 cases
Cellaring: Enjoy it now to 2022 - (medium-full body wine)

Highest Awards:
Double Gold, Best of Class, Best of VA AVA, 94 points: 2019 Harvest Challenge
Gold, 93 points: 2019 American Wine Society Wine Competition

100% Estate Sparkling Norton wine.
Rose sparkling made in the Methode Champenoise. 8 months primary aging, 22 months tirage. Brut style. Notes of strawberry, cranberry, ripe citrus.

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WINEMAKING NOTES
Our sparkling is made from 100% Norton grapes produced in the Méthode Champenoise-style. After hand-harvesting and sorting in the vineyard, our grapes were gently transported into small lugs and then stored for one night in a cold room. The day after, the grapes were sorted again on a sorting table before being pressed with a specific sparkling pressing program: only the “Coeur de cuvée” or “middle juice” from the press was used to make this sparkling. Cold-settling occurred for one night and then alcoholic fermentation began in stainless steel tank. This base wine was fermented and aged entirely in stainless steel. In April of the following year, the base wine underwent secondary fermentation in bottle after the addition of yeast, nutrients for the yeast, and sugar. The bottling was done by hand and the bottles were stored in layers via wire cage to be aged on lees. After 22 months, we proceeded to manually disgorge (or “remove”) the yeasts precipitate (or “lees”) from the bottles and then added a dosage liquor to each bottle (the dosage liquor contained a high concentration of sugar to result in a final product at 2.7 g/l). We then completed bottling by replacing the capsule closure with natural cork and wire.

PRODUCTION DETAILS
Vintage Year: 2017
Vineyard: 100% Casanel Vineyard – 100% Estate Appellation: AVA Middleburg
Composition: 100% Norton
Average Vine Age: 9 years

Harvest Date: 9/5-6/17
Bottling/Tirage Date (for secondary fermentation in bottles): 4/27/18
Disgorging Date: 2/6/2020
Fermentation: Stainless Steel
Yeast: Spark
ML: 0%
pH: 3.03
Alcohol: 11.0% vol.
Residual Sugar: 2.7 g/l in glucose-fructose (added with dosage/expedition liquor) (Brut)

Aging: 100% Stainless Steel
Aging Time: 30 months (8 months in tank, followed by 22 months aging on lees in bottle after tirage)
Cases produced: 85 cases
Cellaring: Enjoy it now to 2025

100% Estate grapes from Casanel Vineyards. Deep red color, velvety texture with notes of white & black peppers. Beautiful dark fruits and plum with floral violet undertones. Finish of dark chocolate.

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WINEMAKING NOTES
Our Carménère is made from 100% estate grapes from Casanel Vineyards. After hand-harvesting and sorting in our vineyard, the grapes were gently transported via small lugs to the winery where they were destemmed, sorted again on a vibrating sorting table before being sent into stainless steel tank by gravity. After 2 days of cold maceration, the alcoholic fermentation was started and occurred around 75 degrees F. Pump-overs were done every day during the fermentation and also during the short warm post-maceration, that lasted about 2 weeks. This wine was then pressed and sent to barrels where the malolactic fermentation occurred rapidly. After racking from malolactic fermentation, the wine returned to barrels to be aged for 18 months entirely in French oak Bordeaux barrels (33% new and 67% in neutral French oak). No fining of the wine occurred. After the appropriate aging time elapsed, the wine was simply racked, filtered, and hand-bottled on the Estate.

TASTING & FOOD PAIRING NOTES
Deep red dark color – velvety texture – white & black pepper – spicy notes – glove – black fruit and plum – violet – youthful tannins – drinking temperature: 16-17 degree Celsius – best to open the bottle a few hours in advance
Goes well with meat as beef, poultry, pork, and also spicy food (Asian/Latin cuisine) – goes best with hard cheese

PRODUCTION DETAILS
Vintage Year: 2016
Vineyard: Casanel Vineyard – 100% Estate Appellation: AVA Middleburg Composition: 100% Carménère
Clone: VCR 702 Rootstock: Riparia Gloire
Average Vine Age: 8 years
Harvest Date: 09/28/16
Bottling Date: 05/11/18
Fermentation: Whole-berry in stainless steel Yeast: FX10
ML: 100%
pH: 3.69
Alcohol: 12.5% vol.
Residual Sugar: < 0.03 g/l in glucose-fructose
Aging: 100% French oak Wood Origin: Allier, Tronçais, Côte d’Or, Vosges
New Oak: 50% (33% in new barrels & 22% in 1-year old barrels, 45% 3-year old barrels
Aging Time: 18 months
Cases produced: 101 cases
Cellaring: Enjoy it now to 2028 (medium-full body wine)
Highest Awards: Double Gold, 2019 Mid-Atlantic SE Wine Competition
88 points Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
Platinum, 2018 & 2019 Savor VA Wine Classic
Best of Class, 2019 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition

100% Estate grown Cabernet Sauvignon. Deep dark red color, with black currant and black fruit notes. Hints of licorice and violet, with a great tannic structure.

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WINEMAKING NOTES
Our Cabernet Sauvignon is made from 100% estate grapes from Casanel Vineyards. After hand-harvesting and sorting in the vineyard, the grapes were gently transported via small lugs to the winery where they were destemmed and sorted again on a vibrating sorting table before being sent to stainless steel tank by gravity. After 4 days of cold maceration, the alcoholic fermentation was started and occurred around 75 degrees F. Pump-overs were done every day during the fermentation and, also during the warm post-maceration, that lasted about 3 weeks. This wine was then pressed and sent to barrels where the malolactic fermentation occurred rapidly. After racking from malolactic fermentation, the wine returned to barrels to age for 18 months entirely in French oak Bordeaux barrels (6% new, 96% neutral oak barrels). No fining of the wine occurred. After the appropriate aging time elapsed, the wine was simply racked, filtered, and hand-bottled on the Estate.

TASTING & FOOD PAIRING NOTES
Deep red dark color – blackcurrant and black fruits - licorice – floral – earthy – youthful tannins – drinking temperature: 16-17 degree Celsius – decant before serving
Goes well with meat, such as beef, pork and lamb (Italian and rich dishes) – goes best with hard cheese and charcuterie

PRODUCTION DETAILS
Vintage Year: 2016
Vineyard: Casanel Vineyard – 100% Estate Appellation: AVA Middleburg
Composition: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon Clone: FPS 04 & 337 Rootstock: 101-14
Average Vine Age: 8 years
Harvest Date: 10/19/16
Bottling Date: 05/18/18
Fermentation: Whole-berry in stainless steel
Yeast: FX10
ML: 100%
pH: 3.72
Alcohol: 13% vol.
Residual Sugar: < 0.03 g/l in glucose-fructose
Aging: 100% French oak Wood Origin: Allier, COF, Haute Futaie
New Oak: 6% (6% in new barrels & 11% in 1-year old barrel & 33% in 2-year old barrels, 22% in 3-year old barrels, and 28% 4 year old barrels)
Aging Time: 18 months
Cases produced: 200 casesCellaring: Enjoy it now to 2026 (full body wine)
Highest Awards: 87 points, American Wine Society

100% Estate Petit Verdot grapes. Aged for 18 month in French oak. Flavors of black plum, blueberry, cassis, violets, and dark chocolate.

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WINEMAKING NOTES
Our Petit Verdot is made from 100% estate grapes from Casanel Vineyards. After hand-harvesting and sorting in our vineyard, the grapes were gently transported via small lugs to the winery where they were destemmed, sorted again on a vibrating sorting table before being sent into stainless steel tank by gravity. After 4 days of cold maceration, the alcoholic fermentation was started and occurred around 75 degrees F. Pump-overs were done every day during the fermentation and, also during the warm post-maceration, that lasted about 3 weeks. This wine was then pressed and sent to barrels where the malolactic fermentation occurred rapidly. After racking from malolactic fermentation, the wine returned to barrels to be aged for 18 months entirely in French oak Bordeaux barrels (45% new and 55% in neutral French Oak). After the appropriate aging time elapsed, wine was simply racked, filtered and hand-bottled on the Estate.

TASTING & FOOD PAIRING NOTESDeep red dark color – black and blue fruits – dark plum – floral notes – violet – sage – strong tannins – drinking temperature: 16-17 degree Celsius – open the bottle 1 to 2 hours before serving or pass the wine through a wine aerator to open it up
Goes well with red meat dishes such as beef, duck or even venison – goes best with hard cheese but can work also with blue cheese

PRODUCTION DETAILS
Vintage Year: 2016
 Vineyard: Casanel Vineyard – 100% Estate Appellation: AVA Middleburg
Composition: 100% Petit Verdot
Clone: 2 (Cert) & 400 Rootstock: Riparia Gloire, 3309 & 101-14
Average Vine Age: 8 years
Harvest Date: 10/20/16
Bottling Date: 05/24/18
Fermentation: Whole-berry in stainless steel
Yeast: FX10
ML: 100%
pH: 3.75
Alcohol: 12.5% vol.
Residual Sugar: < 0.03 g/l in glucose-fructose
 Aging: 100% French oak Wood Origin: Allier, COF, Tronçais
New Oak: 45% (45% in new barrels & 55% in neutral French Oak barrels)
Aging Time: 18 months
Cases produced: 205 cases
Cellaring: Enjoy it now to 2030 (full body wine)
Highest Awards: Gold, 90 Points, 2019 San Francisco International Wine Competition
Double Gold, 2018 Mid-Atlantic SE Wine Competition
Best of Class, 2019 Atlantic Seaboard Wine Competition
Gold, 2019 Savor VA Wine Classic

Named after our owner Nelson, this wine exemplified his dual heritage. Made from the American grape, Norton and in a Portuguese Port style. This Ruby port has a deep dark red color, velvety texture, with spiced notes. A soft sweetness full of red and candied fruits with slight earthiness on the mid-palate.

A duo of two of our most popular wines in the tasting room. A specially priced pair to take home and enjoy!

2018 Chardonnay & 2016 K2 Bordeaux Style Red Blend

Something for everyone. This pack includes 1 bottle of 2018 Estate Chardonnay, 1 bottle of our K2 Bordeaux Red Blend, and 1 bottle of our 2016 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon.

Enjoy the Winemaker's specialty wines. Our very unique Red Spark (100% Estate Norton Rose Sparkling made in the Methode Champenoise) and 100% Estate Carmenere are partnered together in this exclusive pack. *Includes 1 bottle of 2017 Red Spark & 1 bottle of 2016 Carmenere.

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