SEDIMENT
MARIANA 2024 SEDIMENT
ONE OF THE MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT WINE PIRATI IS: WHY DO WE CHOOSE TO BOTTLE WITH SEDIMENT?
IT IS OUR HUMBLE OPINION THAT WHATEVER A WINEMAKER TAKES AWAY FROM A WINE MUST BE REPLACED OR COMPLICATIONS MAY ARISE.
SEDIMENT (MOSTLY LEES) IS A NATURAL RESULT OF WINEMAKING. THE MAJORITY OF COMMERCIAL WINES HAVE THE SEDIMENT PURPOSELY REMOVED. ADDITIVES ARE COMMONLY USED TO COMPENSATE FOR THE LOSS.
CAPITANO 2024 / FIRST TO LAST GLASS / LEES AT THE FAR LEFT
SEDIMENT IS NOTHING TO FEAR, THOUGH IT CAN BE EASILY MISUNDERSTOOD.
CRUCIALLY, BOTTLING WITH SEDIMENT IMPARTS PROTECTION TO THESE LIVING WINES.
THE ANCIENT ROMANS REGARDED THE BEST WINES AS THOSE THAT COULD AGE WITHOUT ANY PRESERVATIVE ADDITION, NOR ANY ADDITIVE WHICH WOULD OBSCURE THE TASTE; WINE WAS CONSIDERED MOST EXCELLENT THAT GIVES PLEASURE BY ITS OWN NATURAL QUALITY.
BOTTLING WITH SEDIMENT ALSO ALLOWS THE WINE TO GRACEFULLY EVOLVE. THE CHAMPENOISE UNDERSTAND THIS CONCEPT THROUGH THE ‘EN TIRAGE’ PROCESS.
MARIANA 2024 / LAST GLASS POUR
SOME OF OUR CLIENTELE prefer THE COMPLEXITY THAT THE SEDIMENT IMPARTS AND VALUE THE LAST GLASS IN THE BOTTLE ABOVE ALL ELSE.
OVEST 2023 / FIRST & LAST GLASS
OTHERS PREFER TO DECANT THE WINE TO ENJOY the wine sediment free.
SABBIA 2024
IF DECANTING IS YOUR PREFERENCE, PLEASE DON’T DUMP THE SEDIMENT DOWN THE DRAIN! REPURPOSE THIS VALUABLE RESOURCE IN THE KITCHEN. SOUPS, STEWS, SMOOTHIES, RISOTTO OR PASTA SAUCE IMMEDIATELY COME TO MIND.
OVEST 2024 / LEES FROM THE BOTTLE
IF A KITCHEN PROJECT IS NOT IN YOUR IMMEDIATE FUTURE, POUR THE SEDIMENT ONTO YOUR COMPOST PILE OR AROUND THE BASE OF YOUR FAVORITE PLANT FRIEND.
TBD 2025 / BEAUTIFUL LEES!
ENJOY EXPLORING THE THREE WAYS TO DRINK WINE PIRATI WITH OR WITHOUT SEDIMENT:
DRINK ‘AS IS’ TO ENJOY A CLEAR FIRST GLASS, WITH EACH SUBSEQUENT GLASS SLIGHTLY MORE CLOUDY THAN THE LAST. AS THE SEDIMENT INTEGRATES it ADDS A LAYER TO THE AROMAS, FLAVORS AND TEXTURES.
DECANT FOR An UNCLOUDED EXPERIENCE from start to finish.
GENTLY AGITATE THE BOTTLE IF YOU PREFER TO MORE EVENLY INCORPORATE THE SEDIMENT BEFORE CONSUMING.