Little Trouble Technicolor Alder Springs Vineyard Coferment 2023

Technicolor is a single vineyard blend of just about every variety you've never heard of under the Mendocino sun. After taking a break from working with the beloved Alder Springs Vineyard due to frost damage in 2022, the Little Trouble Wine crew was able to celebrate a homecoming with this perfect salmon pink party wine. The red grapes were direct pressed into rosé, and the white grapes were split between direct press and skin contact. The resulting coferment is everything sunshine -- tangerine and watermelon and lemonade and pineapple sage and the sound of a cannonball. As refreshing, complex and unique as ever. Think Dole fruit cup sprinkled with Maldon salt.

Since this wine is a blend of over 20 grape varieties, the winemakers do not provide an itemized list, but varietals originating from Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Greece and Hungary all make an appearance. The general protocol was followed: native yeast used for primary and secondary fermentation. Unfined, unfiltered. Just a kiss of dissolved CO2 added before bottling, which lends the tiniest touch of effervescence to the bottle, evoking cherry cola.

Little Trouble Wine Co. is the collaborative project of Jennifer Reichardt and Sara Morgenstern, who met in 2016 while working for a Sonoma Coast winemaker and grower. Built from a shared love of bright, fresh wines, low-intervention farming and transparent vineyard expression, the label became a reality in 2020 after Jen discovered Stampede Vineyard in Lodi. They source organic and sustainably farmed fruit, ferment with native yeasts, work in neutral vessels and bottle unfined and unfiltered with minimal sulfur.