Therianthropy - Pinot Gris, Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada (2023))

TASTING NOTES

Peach and vanilla yoghurt, soft pineapple and poached pear. Lemon meringue and citrus pith on the palate.   

2023 was a very mild and damp growing season leading to a battle with mildew all summer long. A sudden dry spell before and throughout harvest turned around the season quite spectacularly. The result is perfectly ripe fruit flavours, with lower alcohol and high acids.

100% of the fruit was destemmed and on skins for 4 hour before pressing. A 2-day cold settling was followed by a 27-day primary fermentation in concrete egg. 100% of the wine went through malolactic fermentation, taking 5 weeks to complete.

Rested in concrete egg for 7 months on fine lees (no stirring). Unfined and unfiltered  with 3 months in bottle before release.

Therianthropy is a winery project located in the emerging winegrowing region of Creemore Hills, Ontario. It was founded by a group of wine-loving humans who are passionate about cool climate winemaking and believe in unearthing the treasures which are the emerging terroirs of Ontario. 

Vintner David Eiberg came to winemaking after a career in investment banking. He took his love of wine and returned to the University of California Davis to train in oenology and cut his teeth working and harvesting with exceptional winemakers in France, California, Oregon, South Africa and most recently in Southern Ontario. 

Therianthropy's winemaking approaches include: fruit from the best vineyards, wild fermentations, low-intervention winemaking, low S02 and long elevage.