THE POLYGON
DECEMBER 2, 2023
BUBBLES
2022 DORMILONA CRUM-PET
16 / GLASS | 74 / BOTTLE
VEGAN | WOMAN-LED | ORGANIC | Ø SO2 | ≤60 BOTTLE IN BC
Taste: QUINCE, FRESH LINEN, WONDERBREAD, LEMON PITH
About: This new cuvée is made from Semillon. The grapes are whole cluster pressed into stainless steel for fermentation. The wine is bottled while still fermenting, resulting in a naturally sparkling wine. Margaret River, Australia | Learn More
2022 marnes blanches pitbulles
14 / GLASS | 64 / BOTTLE
VEGAN | ORGANIC | Ø SO2 | ≤60 BOTTLE IN BC
Taste: STRAWBERRY, PRICKLY PEAR, ROSE WATER, PINK PEPPERCORNS
About: This side project was started by Géraud after several incredibly small harvests in the Jura. He sources organic grapes from his friends in other regions and vinifies them into playful wines. This cuvée is made from Gamay Noir, planted on granite in Beaujolais. The grapes were whole cluster pressed into tank and right before fermentation finished (22 g/L of R/S) the wine is racked into bottle, becoming a petillant naturel. The wine is disgorged in June before release. Beaujolais, France | Learn More
WHITE
2022 intellego chenin blanc
14 / GLASS | 64 / BOTTLE
VEGAN | ORGANIC | DRY-FARMED | ≤60 BOTTLE IN BC
Taste: PEAR, LIME LEAF, MACADAMIA NUT, ORANGE BLOSSOM
About: This wine is a blend of two dry-farmed sites, one planted in 1980 on decomposed granite, and the second planted in 2002 on Oakleaf gravel. The two plots ripen three weeks apart, complimenting each other wonderfully. They were each whole-cluster pressed into neutral 228 and 500l barrels. After eleven months of élevage the wine is racked and bottled. 13% ABV | Swartland, South Africa | Learn More
2021 VIGNETI TARDIS MERCOLEDI FIANO
12 / GLASS | 54 / BOTTLE
VEGAN | ORGANIC | DRY-FARMED
Taste: GRILLED PEACH, HONEYSUCKLE, MARMALADE, ALMOND
About: The Fiano for this wine is grown on alluvial and clay soils. The grapes are destemmed and after an overnight maceration, the juice is pressed off into stainless steel tank for fermentation and élevage. The wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered with just over 30 ppm of SO2. 13.5% ABV | Campania, Italy | Learn More
BLUSH
2021 MALOOF WHERE YA PJS AT?!
16 / GLASS | 74 / BOTTLE
VEGAN | ORGANIC | DRY-FARMED
Taste: PINK GRAPEFRUIT, ICED TEA, RAMBUTAN, GENTIAN
About: Three own-rooted sites were used for this cuvée: No Clos Radio and Plum Hill Vineyard in Tualatin Hills, and Logsdon Ridge near Corvalis. Each site is incredibly unique, but the farming is unanimously organic and unirrigated. This wine is made from Pinot Gris (80%), most of which was fermented on skins (open top and carbonic for 20 days), but some were directly pressed into barrels. The remainder is direct pressed Riesling (15%) and skin-fermented Schônburger. The finished wine was bottled unfined, unfiltered, and with 30ppm of SO2. Oregon, USA | Learn More
2021 grape republic rosato
16 / GLASS | 74 / BOTTLE
VEGAN | ORGANIC | DRY-FARMED | Ø SO2 | BIPOC-LED
Taste: LYCHEE, PINK STARBURST, RED CURRANT, GOCHU GARU
About: This wine is primarily Steuben (47%) partially skin fermented for 12 hours, partially skin fermented for six days. Delaware (25%) is the next largest component, seeing a quick 12 hours on skins before being pressed off. Niagara (19%) and Rosario Bianco (9%) were fermented whole cluster in amphora before being pressed off. All the components are then blended and after a short élevage in stainless steel, it’s bottled. 10.5% ABV. Yamagata, Japan | Learn More
2022 THORN & BURROW ROSE
12 / GLASS | 54 / BOTTLE
Taste: PINK PEACH, LONGAN, POP-ROCKS, CINCHONA
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ORANGE
2022 LOUIS-ANTOINE LUYT PIPEÑO BLANCO
12 / GLASS | 54 / BOTTLE
VEGAN | ORGANIC | DRY-FARMED
Taste: FIVE-ALIVE, ALOE, EUCALYTUS, GREEN PAPAYA
About: This wine is made from a blend of Torontel, Corinto (Chasselas), Cristalina (Semillon) and Muscat d’Alexandria. The dry farmed vines are over 100 years old, planted in sandy soils in two separate plots, a total of 3ha. The grapes are hand destemmed using the traditional zaranda method. The juice then ferments on skins for seven to fifteen days in open top wooden vats. The wine is then settled in tank before bottling - sometimes with minor filtration and a pinch of SO2. 12.2% ABV | Maule, Chile | Learn More
CANTINA MARILINA SKETTA GRECANICO
12 / GLASS | 54 / BOTTLE
VEGAN | WOMAN-LED | ORGANIC | ≤60 BOTTLE IN BC
Taste: YELLOW PLUM, NUTMEG, TOASTED CASHEW, CHAMOMILE
About: This wine is made from Grecanico. The grapes are macerated on skins for seven days before being pressed off into concrete tank for fermentation and élevage. The wine was bottled unfined and unfiltered after five months on lees. Sicily, Italy | Learn More
GUT OGGAU THEODORA
16 / GLASS | 74 / BOTTLE
VEGAN | BIODYNAMIC | DRY FARMED | Ø SO2
Taste: YELLOW APPLE, YLANG-YLANG, STARFRUIT, PISTACHIO
About: 35-year-old Grüner Veltliner and Welschriesling vines are planted on gravel and limestone. Two-thirds of the grapes are destemmed and crushed into used 500L, 1000L, and 1500L barrels to ferment and mature for nine months without batonnage. One third of the grapes are fermented on skins for a short period of time. It is unfined, unfiltered, and has no added Sulphur. 11.5% ABV | Burgenland, Austria | Learn More
RED
BK WINES SKIN & BONES PINOT NOIR
14 / GLASS | 64 / BOTTLE
VEGAN | ORGANIC
Taste: CHERRY, SASAFRASS, POMEGRANATE, SAGE
About: Their entry level Pinot Noir is a blend from several vineyards around the Adelaide Hills. The goal was to capture the long and cool growing season, a rarity these days. The grapes were fermented as whole-clusters before being pressed off into a variety of vessels for a short élevage. Adelaide, Australia | Learn More
jochen beurer trollinger
12 / GLASS | 54 / BOTTLE
VEGAN | BIODYNAMIC | DRY FARMED
Taste: RASPBERRY, SAKURA, CASCARA, TULSI
About: The Trollinger (Schiava) is planted on a combination of Bunter Mergel and Kieselsandstein soils just beneath the famed Pulvermacher Grosses Gewachs. With just 1.2 hectares of old vines on his property, production is limited. The south-facing slope is incredibly steep, often 45º, making mechanization all but impossible. The large clusters of fat juicy grapes are mostly destemmed into bins for cold maceration. After several days in the cooler, some of the juice is bled off for rosé (up to 20%) while the rest is warmed up for fermentation. Once the wine is pressed off it undergoes a short élevage before bottling with minimal SO2. This vintage features our custom label! 11% ABV | Swabia, Germany | Learn More