2020 Marabino Muscatedda Moscato di Noto, Sicilia, Italy Shafer Vineyards Sébastien utilizes a brief pre-fermentation

Sébastien utilizes a brief pre-fermentation skin maceration for his basic Cassis Blanc but not with this cuvée

we fermented a mixture of direct pressed Ribolla Gialla and Tocai Friulano

almost literally

The oldest of the JB Brands

In the cellar we simply poured the clusters into one-ton open-top fermenters and waited a few days for signs of activity

2020 Marabino Muscatedda Moscato di Noto, Sicilia, Italy Shafer Vineyards Sébastien utilizes a brief pre-fermentationThe muscatedda" is the local name of the first vineyard that you harvest in these areas; "prima vigna muscatedda" comes from the only native white grape variety of the territory of Val di Noto, the Moscato di Noto. An aromatic grape used for the production of natural sweet wines, wine of semi dried grapes and fortified wines, that we wanted to render in a dry version.