2023 Janey Briggs

Managing the logistics of harvest is always difficult, especially in a small winery like ours where we make more than 17,000 gallons of wine – from more than 20 varietals – split into 50+ separate lots. This is especially difficult with white and rosé wines. Every year, no matter how many tanks we have, we’re one or two short! To best make use of tank space in the busy 2023 harvest season, we combined parts of three separate lots in one vessel and fermented them together. Although we usually like the control of blending individual varietals after fermentation, everyone in the cellar felt this wine was worthy of a stand-alone bottling. Its natural balance and complexity is a great example of why we think there’s so much promise in the cooler, northern reaches of the Willcox AVA! Only 52 cases produced.