Pearl Morissette Primesautier 2024

François Morissette has a thing he likes to say: "I don't make wine for Ontario. I make wine for the world." It sounds a little arrogant, a little "okay, sure buddy," until you taste one and realize, oh. He's not wrong. His wines are worldly in the best way. Stylish, refined, impossibly pure. 

This is 100% Lemberger (AKA Blaufränkisch) from the Knizat Vineyard, harvested October 18th, 2024. Hand-sorted, 100% destemmed, fermented in large concrete tanks with indigenous yeasts, pressed after 4 weeks, then aged on its lees for another 12 weeks in the same vessels. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.

The return of Lemberger feels like an old friend walking back into the room. The vibrant and aromatic stamp of the 2024 vintage shines here. The perfume bursts out of the glass with eagerness and aplomb, original and joyous.

Imagine blood orange doing something very sexy to cranberries. That's this. Plus a hit of guava, and acid so well-integrated it just feels like the wine is vibrating. It's a cheeky character, for sure.