COLOUR
White
TYPE
Sparkling
VINTAGE
2024
GRAPE
Seyval Blanc, Cayuga
PRODUCER
Oyster River Winegrowers
REGION
New York
CHARACTERISTICS
Body
Medium - Light
Sweetness
Dry
Acidity
High
Finish
Medium
Intensity
Mid - Pronounced
AROMAS & FLAVOURS
ABOUT THIS WINE
Oyster River Winegrowers, founded in 2007 by Brian Smith and his wife Allie in Warren, Maine, operates with a pre-industrial, holistic philosophy. Managing their estate vineyards with draft horse power and hand labor, they focus on low-intervention farming. Morphos, first released in 2012, has become a benchmark for American pét-nat, showcasing a raw, living expression of the Northeast's cool-climate hybrid grapes.
ALCOHOL
10.0%
AVG. PRICE
€22
STYLE
Natural
VEGAN
YES
SULPHITES
NO
When to drink
Now
Ideal temperature
6-8°C
INTERESTING FACTS
Fact 01
The estate vineyards were managed entirely by hand and draft horse power for the first seven years.
Fact 02
Morphos is bottled unfiltered and undisgorged, meaning it contains active yeast lees and must be opened ice-cold to prevent gushing.
Fact 03
The wine is crafted from cold-hardy hybrid grapes, Seyval Blanc and Cayuga, which thrive in the damp, cool climate of the American Northeast.
FOOD PAIRING
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WINE MAKING PROCESS
Sourced from organically farmed hybrid grapes in the Finger Lakes, the fruit is hand-harvested and spontaneously fermented using only native yeasts in an unheated barn cellar. Bottled during the final stages of active fermentation without fining, filtration, or added sulfur, the natural carbon dioxide is trapped inside, creating a gentle, cloudy effervescence on its fine lees.
