Big Little Wines NV 'Tire Swing' Brut, Leelanau Peninsula

Item Number: 22870

UPC: 0-186769000984

Country: USA
Region: Michigan
Sub Region: Northern Michigan
Appellation/AVA: Leelanau Peninsula
Estate Grown Wine: No
Grape(s): 75% Riesling / 25% Gewurztraminer
Type: Wine - Sparkling
Bottle Size: 750 ml
Pack: 12
Closure: Cork
Alc by Vol(%): 11
Residual Sugar(g/L): 1%
Case Production: 200

Winemaking Notes: The grapes are manually harvested and whole cluster pressed. The wine ferments in stainless steel and 1/3 reserve wines from vintages 2009 to present are added at primary fermentation. This blending method helps to achieve a mature yet refreshing bubbly. Reserve wines are again drawn off, and the remaining wine undergoes secondary fermentation via the Charmat method.

Wine Notes: The Laing brothers remember their parents pushing them around and around on the tire swing in their backyard, laughter trembling in their bellies. They have expressed the same youthful exuberance and aged reverence through these bubbles. Tastefully aged, this bubbly possesses notes of green apple and citrons, with crisp acidity.

Sustainability: Sustainability is central to the Laings’ farming philosophy. Cover cropping has been the primary weed management strategy since 2020. Clovers and low grasses are planted under vine to suppress weeds, increase biodiversity, improve soil structure, build organic matter, and sequester carbon. Custom compost blends are developed in collaboration with Morgan Composting to promote long term soil health. The vineyards are MAEAP certified across four cropping and farmstead systems. The majority of the vineyards are dry farmed, relying on natural rainfall rather than irrigation.