La Crescent
One five-gallon lot, three cuvées
Ripened fast in a hot August, then hung through a very wet September. The acid came out softer, so most of this lot became traditional-method bubbles.
Style
Sparkling (traditional method)
The season in this bottle
Heat to harvest
2,622 GDD
+5% vs 30-yr average
Rain, 20 days to harvest
3.6 in
normal ≈ 1.9 in
Winter low
-18°F
colder than 93% of winters
Hot days (90°F+)
9
last spring frost May 2
Markers show where 2026 falls among the last 30 seasons at this vineyard. weather records
From the cellar
Brix at harvest23.0
CuvéesBrut ~3 gal · Brut after malolactic 1 gal · Still 1 gal
YeastLalvin QA23
The site
SoilRichter · coarse-loamy
DrainageSomewhat poorly drained
Elevation646 ft
Soil from the USDA soil survey soil data
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