Roland, La Crescent, Itasca & ES-10-18-14, Montreal, Quebec

An aromatic, textural & TONGUE TICKLING Quebecois orange. Lieux Communs are a small, urban winery in Montreal that work with vineyards, orchards, and small farms across Quebec and Ontario, while still tending their own vines in Oka, embracing the principles of regenerative agriculture! Unrestrained and experimental, they are guided by their tastebuds, curiosity and inspiration, making use of flowers, teas, herbs, berries, honey and grape skins to craft their unique visions. Plucked from heavy clay soils, the apricot-y roland (developed in Quebec!), tropical la crescent, and mineral, white-fruited itasca grapes spent four days on skins and were barrel fermented, while the aromatic, spiced Es-10-18-14 **not that you necessarily would think to, but DISCLAIMER this is not a suitable name for your next child** spent two weeks carbonically fermenting for a pleasing LIFT. FUN FACT! This is the SECOND wine made from their new, early-ripening, frost-resistant hybrid grape varieties that were planted on Guillaume's cousin's small chicken farm in Saint-Eugène-de-Grantham (a cool, flat area near Drummondville) in 2021! FUN FACT 2: despite it’s intimidating name, ES-10-18-14 and all hybrids aren’t GMOs formulated in a sterile lab, they’re old school, and natural as can be grape crossings to breed disease restinance! A tongue wiggling amount of trapped Co2, tart yellow apple, pollen breeze, rocket candy sleeve, citron hand soap, peach yoplait & a solid bedrock of minerality. Pour alongside rotisserie chicken, coleslaw and potato wedges.