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Silver Heights Jia Yuan Marsalan 2021
Silver Heights Jia Yuan Marsalan 2021
Character: Full-bodied
Varietal: Marselan
ABV: 14.0%
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Varietal Composition 100% Marselan
Winemaking
Fermented using only wild yeasts, and slowly racked to avoid filtration. The wine is then aged for 12 months in 100% new French oak barrels.
Tasting Notes
A powerful young matheran on the nose with sweet black fruit, blackberry, prune, black plum and a sprinkling
of spicy licorice and pepper spices. In the mouth, she is powerful, with musculosic tannins, a spicy, sweet, salty finish of camphor wood, tobacco, raspberry and coffee. It also indicates excellent aging potential.
Food Pairing
Roasted eggplant, grilled vegetables, spice rubbed chicken, hard aged cheeses, grilled/smoked seafood, curried pork chop, Pad Thai.
Technical Data
Residual sugars 5 g/L
Production 3,000
Alcoholic degree 14%
Total acidity 4.9 g/L
Dry extract 27 g/L pH 3.89
Sulphur 32mg/L
Janet Z. Wang
The Chinese Wine Renaissance: A Wine Lover’s Companion
About Silver Heights.
SILVER HEIGHTS VINEYARD, leading the way for biodynamic viticulture and minimal-intervention winemaking in China, is now ready to launch their newest collection of Natural Wines: Jiayuan 家园. Three single-varietal cuvées have been produced created in very limited quantity (less than 3000 bottles each), using an extremely purist approach to winemaking that focuses on wild- yeast fermentation, no filtration, and minimal sulfur.
“From the early days, we have always been guided by the ancient wisdom of Jieqi (节气) solar terms, and we also used organic practices to avoid chemicals and artificial pesticide. Now since 2017, our estate fully embraces biodynamic farming. Celebrating our passion for minimal-intervention winemaking, the Jiayuan collection strives to express the raw beauty of our eco-system. By cultivating harmony with the seasons, encouraging the transformations that nature brings forth, we nurture energy and vitality throughout our vines for it to be expressed in every bottle.” Emma Gao