Meditazione1
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted pork belly, aged hard cheeses, Moroccan vegetable tagine
✨ Technical Specifications
Inspired by the historic, contemplative orange wines of Friuli and Slovenia, Channing Daughters' Meditazione is a pioneering American skin-contact white wine grown in the maritime terroir of Long Island's South Fork. This amber-hued field blend is crafted by fermenting an array of white grape varieties on their skins for weeks, followed by extensive aging in seasoned oak barrels. The process coaxes out deep, exotic aromatics, structural tannins, and a savory complexity that challenges traditional white wine boundaries. It beautifully embodies the concept of 'vino da meditazione'—a wine meant to be savored slowly, provoking thought, conversation, and reflection on the unique maritime climate of Bridgehampton.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded by Walter Channing with initial vineyard plantings dating back to 1982 in Bridgehampton on Long Island's South Fork, Channing Daughters Winery stands as one of New York's most inventive and boundary-pushing artisanal producers. Guided by partner and winemaker Christopher Tracy alongside partner Larry Perrine, the estate champions low-intervention, sustainable viticulture across its distinctive maritime terroir. The winery is celebrated for its remarkably diverse and adventurous portfolio encompassing more than two dozen grape varieties, ranging from skin-contact orange wines like Meditazione and complex field blends like Mosaico to expressive single-vineyard expressions such as L'Enfant Sauvage Chardonnay and Scuttlehole Chardonnay. Through experimental fermentations, pet-nats, and traditional method sparklers, Channing Daughters continues to showcase the dynamic potential and saline elegance of East End winemaking.