After a healthy winter with plenty of snow, spring arrived quickly as an extended warm period in April brought excitement and anxiety. The vines awoke just a bit earlier than normal but expertly dodged the frost. A cool, wet, and cloudy pattern settled in after budbreak, slowing early season growth and increasing disease pressure, making prudent shoot thinning especially important. The vines hurriedly caught up when June and July brought sun, rain, and heat. The rain disappeared in August, just as the fruit began to ripen, and we fell steadily into the most extreme drought in Vermont’s recorded history – bad news for our neighbors and our yields, but good news for wine quality. Ripening slowed, preserving acidity and aromatics, concentrating flavor, and allowing us to pick exactly when we wanted. The 2025 vintage will be remembered for its exceptional drought and for its wines of complexity, depth, and beauty.

This vintage of Limestone is a blend of every white variety that we grow, making it a fascinating expression of our unique terroir. Named for the bedrock of our vineyard, Limestone is sourced from six different blocks, representing multiple soil types, vine ages, and training systems.

Block: Six individual blocks around the farm

Soil: Stony loam, silty clay, limestone bedrock

Vine Establishment: 2002 - 2008

Training System: Multiple

Farming Practices: Regenerative

Harvest: Handpicked into small lugs to avoid crushing

Fermentation: Five harvest days over a month. Louise Swenson and Prairie Star were pressed whole cluster and cofermented, followed by regular bâttonage to build texture. The other components were all fermented and aged separately before careful blending brought them together for bottling.

Aging: 6 months in stainless

Harvest Date(s): Sep 4, Sep 18, Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 6

Composition: 35% Louise Swenson, 25% La Crescent, 20% Adalmiina, 13% Prairie Star, 7% Frontenac Blanc

Alcohol: 11.4%

pH: 3.17

Titratable Acidity: 9.2 g/L

Residual Sugar: 3.0 g/L

Cases Produced: 87