Fizzy Lizzy 2021 Swampwater PétNat

Lisette Hrapmann is the Assistant Winemaker at Day Wines as well as the owner/winemaker of Fizzy Lizzy wines. Her ancestral method bubbly, called Swampwater, is a fine example of the rising interest among young winemakers in this type of wine. To make a pét nat, you take fermenting wine, chill it to halt fermentation, bottle it with a screwcap, and let the fermentation finish in the bottle, releasing enough CO2 to provide the fizz. This thoroughly delicious bottle is mostly Chardonnay blended with 6% Chenin Blanc. The finished alcohol is just below 12%. Other examples available locally are made from almost any grape you can think of, but this Oregon version is the best I've yet tasted, with a burst of grapefruit and a refreshing hint of wet stones. It sells for $25 online (https://fizzylizzywines.com/get-fizzy). For more on this project, see https://open.substack.com/pub/paulgregutt/p/fizzy-lizzy-2021-swampwater-petnat