2019 ‘PUCK THE FIPELINE’

Coles-Terry Rural Historic District, Roanoke County

10 Cases Produced

100% of Profits Given to Ongoing Efforts Against the Mountain Valley Pipeline

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pH: 3.92 ABV: 7.7% TSO2: 27 ppm

 Fruit/Site:

  • A mix of unsprayed fruit from the Terry family property, including 100+ year old Albemarle Pippins. Sandy loam over gneiss, 3100’ elevation.

  • The Terry family lives on the front lines of the destruction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. To protest the gas company’s incursion into their and their neighbors’ lives, members of the family built and lived in tree encampments that blocked and delayed environmentally damaging land clearance. Unfortunately, many century-old apple trees in the pipeline’s path were still eventually lost to bulldozers.

Season:

  • Due to the flash drought in September and October, much of the fruit on the property dropped early but was dead ripe.

Fermentation/Development:

  • Overnight cold soak on skins and pips before fermenting with minimal temperature control in glass demijohns.

  • Racked and aged undisturbed on fine lees for five months in demijohns. Re-fermented in bottle with its own yeast culture and aged sur latte for six months. Disgorged by hand in late October.

Tasting:

  • Anise, marmalade, cream