Impressions: Lychee martini, watermelon straight from the icebox, perfumed apricots

Grape varieties: Gewurztraminer, gruner veltliner, pinot gris, chardonnay, savagnin

Vinification: Hand-picked September 29, direct press, spontaneous fermentation, fermented in handmade clay amphorae

Friends: Sheep’s cheese and a good cracker, a European vacation, a chic handkerchief

Production: 42 cases (tech sheet)

Idress, Alex’s great-great-aunt, was an eccentric and opinionated traveler and genealogist who catalogued our family’s previous generations so that “each succeeding one might honor and take inspiration” from them.