Meditazione
⏳ wine.drinking_window
Typically best enjoyed 3 to 8 years from the vintage release, though well-stored bottles can develop beautifully for over a decade.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
Aged hard cheeses, roasted pork belly, Moroccan vegetable tagine
✨ wine.spec_sheet
Meditazione is Channing Daughters' pioneering tribute to the skin-contact 'vini da meditazione' of Friuli and Slovenia, crafted in the maritime terroir of Bridgehampton, Long Island. Winemaker Christopher Tracy co-ferments a diverse array of white varieties on their skins for weeks, extracting deep amber hues, complex tannins, and an exotic aromatic profile. Fermented with wild yeasts and aged in older oak casks, this amber wine bridges the gap between white and red, offering notes of dried apricot, tea leaves, honeyed citrus, and baking spice. It represents a landmark in East Coast winemaking, showcasing how Long Island's unique glacial soils and ocean breezes can yield wines of profound texture and intellectual depth.
🍾 wine.about_producer
Established in 1982 by Walter Channing on the South Fork of Long Island in Bridgehampton, New York, Channing Daughters Winery is a pioneering estate renowned for its artisanal, small-batch approach to winemaking. Under the guidance of winemaker and partner Christopher Tracy, the winery manages over twenty-five acres of vines, focusing on sustainable viticulture, hand-harvesting, and wild-yeast fermentations. Channing Daughters is celebrated for its experimental spirit, championing unique varietals like Tocai Friulano, Lagrein, and Teroldego alongside traditional grapes, and crafting highly acclaimed skin-contact orange wines, field blends, and site-specific Chardonnays. Signature expressions such as the skin-fermented Meditazione, the wild-yeast L'Enfant Sauvage Chardonnay, and the crisp Scuttlehole Chardonnay exemplify their commitment to expressing the distinct maritime terroir of the East End.