Fossil & Till, Riesling Pet Nat 2024

100% Riesling

Finger Lakes, New York, USA

The 2024 was sourced entirely from the Northern part of Standing Stone Vineyards. Planted in the "banana belt" on the eastern shore of Seneca Lake, this 5-acre Standing Stone site sits in a warm microclimate on well drained silt loam soils, called Honeoye. Whole-cluster pressed and then went through spontaneous fermentation with no temperature control over the winter and racked to bottle in the Spring to complete fermentation in bottle. VEGAN.

Fossil & Till was started in 2013 as a project between three friends with the goal of producing unorthodox, naturally made wines in the Finger Lakes. Inspired by natural winemaking from regions like the Loire and Beaujolais, Fossil & Till focuses on a minimalist approach to winemaking: native yeast fermentation, no additions of acids, sugars, or enzymes, little to no fining or filtration, and minimal additions of sulfur. For the first vintage in 2013, they created a pétillant naturel- a traditional method used to make sparkling wines that predates the Champagne method. A project started by Mark Grimaldi of Cellar d'Or Wine and Spirits in Ithaca.