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Boden Young - Loudoun County, Virginia
Kent Arendt’s first harvest was in 2016 in the Columbia Valley, Washington where he had the experience of working at a large scale production winery and was able to explore the many appellations of Washington State. Since moving back to Virginia he has worked at Walsh Family Wine since 2017 as the assistant winemaker and has completed certificate programs from Washington State University in both Enology and Viticulture. Boden Young is Kent’s intro label into winemaking. The label name is representative of the youth and rapid growth of the Virginia wine industry. Boden, translating to soil in German, is depicted on the front label as a soil profile. This label will focus primarily on fresh, early drinking white wines and red co-fermentations.
Viognier Pet Nat 2022
Origin: Middleburg, Virginia
Retail: $34.95 | Sale: $31.46
This wine style is a labor of love from start to finish. “Petnats” are done almost 100% by hand by most producers. This wine was fermented in a stainless steel tank until close to dryness and then bottled at a very precise brix measurement. This is often a hassle as fermentation kinetics can be extremely variable close to dryness and there is only so much the winemaker can do to slow or speed up the ferment. They have to catch the ferment at exactly the right moment, the entire cellar staff has to usually stop in the middle of their very busy day to setup and bottle this wine. The ferment doesn’t wait for us to have a slow moment in the day! The fruit is picked at a very low potential alcohol to preserve the natural acidity of the fruit, no acidulation is needed. With this wine specifically, Kent wanted to emulate a clean and crisp sparkling wine that you might have anywhere in some of the other amazing sparkling regions of the world, but do it in a petnat style. Having had many chunky, undesirable petnats in life, this is his way of showing that this style of wine doesn’t have to be rough and funky. Additionally, during the winter every bottle is disgorged. Disgorging allows removal of most of the residual lees that would otherwise cloud the wine. 100% Viognier
Albarino 2022
Origin: Bluemont, Virginia
Retail: $31.95 | Sale: $28.76
Originally from the northern Atlantic coast of Spain & Portugal, this grape has adapted well to the soils and the sticky summers in Virginia. The grapes are from Bluemont at the October 1 Vineyard by Bob & Loree Rupee. They sit as near the top of the Blue Ridge as you can grow and have a beautiful aspect and a great Vista. Kent is emphasizing acidity and freshness. The fruit is picked at a very low potential alcohol to preserve the natural acidity of the fruit, no acidulation is needed. With this wine specifically, he takes inspiration from Rias Baixas: lower alcohol, high acidity, and crisp minerality! 100% Albarino
Walsh Family Winery - Purcellville, Virginia
Nate Walsh is a career winegrower. Starting as a cellar rat at Horton Vineyards, in Central Virginia, he went on to work in vineyards and wineries in the Willamette Valley and Central Otago before spending seven years as the winemaker and vineyard manager for Sunset Hills Vineyard, in Purcellville, Virginia, during a time of large expansion. It was during this time that he began searching for a site from which he knew one could create truly premium Virginia wine. Sarah, conversely, comes from a background of fine dining, fine wine sales, and wine education. Her career began at restaurants in Chicago, Atlanta, and Northern Virginia. Sarah shifted into fine wine sales, working for a wholesaler/importer on the East Coast. She holds a Diploma from the Wine & Spirits Education Trust. Sarah and Nate met in 2012, married in 2013, and founded Walsh Family Wine in 2014.
Bethany Ridge Petit Manseng 2020
Origin: Purcellville, Virginia
Retail: $33.95 | Sale: $30.56
Refreshingly dry, with tropical fruit, fresh pineapple and mango wrapped around a core of bracing acidity. 100% Petit Manseng
Bethany Ridge Tannat 2020
Origin: Purcellville, Virginia
Retail: $46.95 | Sale: $42.26
This wine is no joke. Bold, dark, highly ripe, very powerful, with potent, slightly grippy tannins. What is most exciting for us about the Bethany Ridge Tannat is how the wine will age over the next ten years. It will continue to develop and become more and more interesting over time. 100% Tannat