COUNTRY :
United States
REGION :
Niagara
PRODUCTION :
12,000 bottles/year
Patrick Vaughn
“We focus on low intervention wines that reflect a sense of place and time. We are minimalists in the cellar, and in the vineyard. Our wines are dry, unfined, unfiltered, and with no sulfites added. Just foot crushed grapes, settled in old wood, and bottled by hand at the proper time.”
Caldon’s Vineyard Cabernet Franc
Region: New York
Grape: Cabernet Franc
Vineyard Size: 4 hectares
Soil: loam, slate
Average Age of Vines: 20 years
Farming: organic, biodynamic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: whole cluster, spontaneous fermentation in old oak with indigenous yeasts
Aging: 12 months in old oak
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none
“Garden Door”
Region: New York
Grape: Pinot Noir
Vineyard Size: 4 hectares
Soil: loam, slate
Average Age of Vines: 20 years
Farming: organic, biodynamic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: whole cluster, 2 month maceration, spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts
Aging: col fondo
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none
“Hear the Drums Echoing” 2018
Region: New York
Grape: Riesling
Vineyard Size: 4 hectares
Soil: loam, slate
Average Age of Vines: 20 years
Farming: organic, biodynamic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: whole cluster, pigéage, 4 week maceration, spontaneous fermentation in old oak with indigenous yeasts
Aging: 16-18 months in old oak under flor
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none
“Colors and Allegory” 2018
Region: New York
Grape: Riesling, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir
Vineyard Size: 8 hectares
Soil: clay, limestone, loam, slate
Average Age of Vines: 14 years
Farming: organic, biodynamic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: whole cluster, pigéage, spontaneous fermentation in old oak with indigenous yeasts
Aging: 16-18 months in stainless steel and old oak
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none
“De la Terre, Pour la Winediva” 2018
Region: New York
Grape: Pinot Gris Ramato
Vineyard Size: 0.40 hectares
Soil: clay, limestone
Average Age of Vines: 15 years
Farming: organic, biodynamic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: whole cluster, pigéage, 4 week maceration, spontaneous fermentation in old oak with indigenous yeasts
Aging: 16-18 months in old oak
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none
“Parking Lot;” 2018
Region: New York
Grape: Pinot Noir, Cabernet Franc, Blaufränkisch, Sauvignon Blanc
Vineyard Size: 3.63 hectares
Soil: clay, limestone
Average Age of Vines: 20 years
Farming: organic, biodynamic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: whole cluster, pigéage, spontaneous fermentation in old oak with indigenous yeasts
Aging: 16-18 months in old oak
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none
“Mother Makes Glucose”
Region: New York
Grape: Field Blend, Pears, Bookwood Homestead Honey
Vineyard Size: 4 hectares
Soil: loam, slate
Average Age of Vines: 20 years
Farming: organic, biodynamic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: whole cluster, pigéage, 16-18 month spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel and old oak with indigenous yeasts
Aging: col fondo, liqueur de tirage of Bookwood Homestead Honey
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none
“On the Shoulders of Giants”
Region: New York
Grape: Blaufränkisch, Sauvignon Blanc
Vineyard Size: 4 hectares
Soil: loam, slate
Average Age of Vines: 20 years
Farming: organic, biodynamic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: whole cluster, pigéage, spontaneous co-fermentation in old oak with indigenous yeasts
Aging: 16-18 months in old oak
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none
“Faucheaux”
Region: New York
Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon
Vineyard Size: 4 hectares
Soil: loam, slate
Average Age of Vines: 20 years
Farming: organic, biodynamic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: whole cluster, pigéage, spontaneous fermentation in old oak with indigenous yeasts
Aging: 10 months in old oak
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none
“Hear the Drums Echoing” 2017
Region: New York
Grape: Chardonnay
Vineyard Size: 4 hectares
Soil: loam, slate
Average Age of Vines: 20 years
Farming: organic, biodynamic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: whole cluster, pigéage, 4-9 week maceration, spontaneous fermentation in old oak with indigenous yeasts
Aging: 11 months in old oak
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none
“Colors and Allegory” 2017
Region: New York
Grape: Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Riesling, Pinot Noir
Vineyard Size: 8 hectares
Soil: clay, limestone, loam, slate
Average Age of Vines: 14 years
Farming: organic, biodynamic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: whole cluster, pigéage, spontaneous fermentation in old oak with indigenous yeasts
Aging: 18 months in old oak under flor
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none
“There Was a Fire Here”
Region: New York
Grape: Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Riesling
Vineyard Size: 6.85 hectares
Soil: loam, slate, clay, limestone
Average Age of Vines: 12 years
Farming: organic, biodynamic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: whole cluster, pigéage, 4-9 week maceration, spontaneous fermentation in old oak with indigenous yeasts
Aging: in old oak
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none
“De la terre, Pour la winediva” 2017
Region: New York
Grape: Pinot Gris
Vineyard Size: 0.40 hectares
Soil: clay, limestone
Average Age of Vines: 15 years
Farming: biodynamic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: whole cluster, pigéage, 4-9 week maceration, spontaneous fermentation in old oak with indigenous yeasts
Aging: 8 months in old oak
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none
“Parking Lot;” 2017
Region: New York
Grape: Pinot Noir
Vineyard Size: 3.63 hectares
Soil: clay, limestone
Average Age of Vines: 20 years
Farming: organic, biodynamic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: blend of Perfetto Pinot Noir and Quast Vineyard Pinot Noir, whole cluster, pigéage, spontaneous fermentation in old oak with indigenous yeasts
Aging: 9 months in old oak
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none
Riesling
Region: New York
Grape: Riesling
Vineyard Size: 11.11 hectares
Soil: sand, limestone
Average Age of Vines: 15 years
Farming: organic, sustainable
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: whole cluster, pigéage, 4-9 week maceration, spontaneous fermentation in old oak with indigenous yeasts
Aging: 10 months in old oak
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none
Shaw Vineyard Riesling
Region: New York
Grape: Riesling
Vineyard Size: 20.23 hectares
Soil: loam, slate
Average Age of Vines: 20 years
Farming: organic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: whole cluster, pigéage, 4-9 week maceration, spontaneous fermentation in old oak with indigenous yeasts
Aging: 10 months in old oak
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none
Quast Vineyard Pinot Noir
Region: New York
Grape: Pinot Noir
Vineyard Size: 4.04 hectares
Soil: clay, limestone
Average Age of Vines: 20 years
Farming: organic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: whole cluster, pigéage, spontaneous fermentation in old oak with indigenous yeasts
Aging: 9 months in old oak
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none
Perfetto Vineyard Pinot Noir
Region: New York
Grape: Pinot Noir
Vineyard Size: 3.23 hectares
Soil: clay, limetsone
Average Age of Vines: 20 years
Farming: biodynamic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: whole cluster, pigéage, spontaneous fermentation in old oak with indigenous yeasts
Aging: 9 months in old oak
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none