Usonia Who Whom? Finger Lakes White Wine 2023

Gruner Veltliner & Hybrid Geneva White

Biodynamic, Organic, Sustainable

Finger Lakes, New York, USA

A freeze event in the Finger Lakes caused Usonia to experiment with more varieties, as quite a few vinifera vineyards lost all their fruit. “Who, Whom” is a blend of Geneva White #2 (80%) and Gruner Veltliner (20%). The Geneva White #2 is an old Cornell hybrid, a "sibling" of Cayuga White from Arrowhead Vineyard on the west side of Seneca Lake, farmed by the Hermann J. Weimer team. This is said to be the last planting of the variety. The Gruner Veltliner comes from Rasta Ranch on the east side of Seneca Lake. The Geneva White #2 was was destemmed and left on the skins for 24 hours before pressing and fermented in stainless steel. Sultur was added after alcoholic fermentation The Grüner Veltliner was fully destemmed and fermented on the skins for 10 days, pressed, then aged in neutral barrel for four months. Sulfur was added after malolactic fermentation. The varieties were blended in late spring, bottled unfined, unfiltered, with 15ppm SO added just before bottling.