Wine
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Smorgasbord
Board crafted with the following accompaniments: Savory curry-onion relish, honey horseradish mustard, burnt almonds, variety of crackers, flavorful compound butter, sour-dough bread
Cheeses four varieties of local and imported cheeses
Meats three varieties of premium meats
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PET NAT / NATURAL / SPARKLING
2021 Block 7 Pinot Noir Ros
The same recipe that won Best in Show Rose in 2019 at the American Fine Wine Comp. The grapes were crushed and destemmed into stainless steel bins where they cold soaked for 12 hours on the skins to give it a Barbie Pink tint. After those 12 hours the juice was taken off the skins and placed in a stainless tank for fermentation. Final prep was added just before bottling to support the Pet-Nat finish.
2022 Wild Card Xtra Dry
Co-fermented using wild yeast then finished in the bottle using Champange yeast EC1118 in a Pet-Nat Stylr. Expect to experience an applely-lemon-lime mouthwash with a tingle on the tounge. Clean, fresh and honest in it’s presentation.
2018 DaGudScht Brut Rose
This is a brilliant Rosé made with 50% pinot Noir and 50% Chardonnay. The color derives from a three-day maceration on skins as opposed to the usual practice of coloring Rosé wines via the later addition of red wine. Because of this extended extraction, very strict fruit selection is required. The maturation is in French oak barrels for six months
2022 Wild Card Rose
Pet-Nat Method. Blend: 50% Chardonnay, 50% Pinot Noir
The base wine was made in the traditional method program using French oak barrels for the initial fermentation then cross-flow filtered before bottling with added sugar and yeast for the right amount of bubbles. Notes of cherry, strawberry and herbs with outstanding freshness from the setup of acitity.
2022 Two Long Xtra Dry
Charmat Method - This off-dry bubbly is made using 100% Grüner Veltliner to achieve a classic palate equally appropriate to slurping casually outdoors or offering at a grand occasion. The charmat method (second fermentation in a pressurized tank) produces bubbles in a perfect flavor combination of Daddy’s green, flinty, peppery/herbal and Mommy’s flowery, perfume.
2022 Two Long Rose
Charmat Method - Prosecco style rose making a lovely blush sparkler for all occasions. Sangiovese & Chardonnay
WHITE
White Wines made in stainless steel tanks
2021 Pinot Gris
On the south end of the Crain Hill vineyard comes 50% of the Pinot Gris, and the other 50% comes from our good friend Greg’s vineyard up in Omena which creates a unique wine due to the different terroirs in which the grapes our grown.
2021 Block 65 Blend
Blend of Riesling 50% , Gewürztraminer 40% and Pinot Gris 10% using grapes grown in the famous Blocks 6 & 5 on the southwest slope of Crain Hill Vineyard. Our brother Bert was a talented football player in the late‘70s and wore No. 65 on his jersey. We honor his memory with this wine.
2021 Dagüdscht White
The name Da-Good-Sh*t was inspired by Jerry Stutzman, our personal wine master. The style of wine is inspired from Austria in which a field blend of multiple grapes is co-fermented in the tank. This vintage has eight different grapes: La Crescent, Valvin Muscat, Muscat Ottonel, Pinot Noir, Gewurztraminer, Chardonnay, Rotgipfler, and Riesling. The copper tint comes from the Pinot Noir grapes adding a little bit of color. It is a dry wine that is meant to be drank either as a standalone or paired with a great meal.
2021 Gewurztraminer Gary’s Reserve
Classic Gewurztraminer with intense notes of spice, rose petals, lychee, grapefruit, peach kernel and smoky bacon. Off-dry sweetness and creamy fruit flavors with better than normal acidity providing for a long finish. If you’re a member of the Gewurz cult, this one is built for you!
2021 Riesling Kabinett
One of the sleepers on the menu, this Riesling has a nice balance between sweetness and acidity which is one of the most important things about creating an excellent wine. While there is sweetness up front, by the end of the palate that acidity shines through and cleans up the sweetness into a nice long finish.
2021 Riesling Spatlese
The versatility of the Riesling grape is something special. While Riesling may get a bad reputation due to mass produced sweet Riesling’s from back in the 70s, 80s, 90s, we have taken it upon ourselves to show how diverse this grape can be. The Spatlese is made for those that enjoy sweeter wines as this has good balance the acids and sugar, but the sweetness continues throughout the palate into the finish. If someone wants a sweet wine, point them in this direction.
2021 Sauvignon Blanc
The fruit for the Sauv Blanc mainly comes from our Timberlee vineyard just a couple miles south of the tasting room. 2021 was a textbook growing season, providing ripe fruit for a vibrant and crisp wine making it a popular choice for those upcoming warm summer days.
White Wines made in French oak barrels
2021 Chenin Blanc
An extremely finicky fellow filled with flavors of quince, rosewater, lanolin and smell of a blown-out candle. Some of the best is grown along the Loire River in France, but Leelanau may become equally important. If Riesling is vigorous and energetic, Chenin is more stately, and this wine can carry you away. Everything about it is allusive and a real twinkle maker. Fermented in a new puncheon French barrel and taken about halfway through malolactic fermentation. Six months aged in barrel.
2021 Muscat Ottonel
Bone dry style with apple, pear or some subtle lime touches, but the dominant flavors are honey, peach, apricot, and mango. Timberlee Vineyard dirt is where these grapes are grown in loamy-sandy soil, composed by sand silt, gravel and a measurable amount of clay, iron and limestone. Fermented and aged in French oak puncheon for six months.
2021 Sauvignon Blanc / Semillon
The smell of a walk through the apple orchard during peak blossom season on a sunny and lightly breezy day filled with perfume for honeybees. If silk became a liquid, this is how it would flow in the mouth. Appears softly sweet to taste but turns into a happy coating for the throat. Fermented and aged in French oak puncheon for six months.
2021 Viognier
Intense perfume of peach blossom, apricots, white flowers and a perfect layer of bitters. Although dry, the richness produces an impression of sweetness. Fermented and aged in a neutral French oak barrel receiving full malolactic fermentation. It comes with a smile and a good cry that can provide a creative nucleus.
REDS
2020 Runaway Hen Nebbiolo
This small-batch Nibbiolo dominant blend has flavors of red plums, dried roses, and black cherries. Post-hand-harvesting, the grapes are fermented in stainless open top tanks with wild yeasts, then the wine is aged for 12 months in used barrique prior to being bottled unfined and unfiltered.
2021 Pinot Noir
This delicate, bright Pinot Noir is the product of a full years worth of meticulous craftmanship. From vineyard to bottle all aspects of this Pinot Noir were carefully monitored to produce this fruit forward, light bodied red. Aged 9 months in once used French oak barrel to add complexity without overpowering the shining characteristics of this grape!
2020 theGUDsht Red
Cedar Lake and Timberlee vineyards provided the fruit for this blend. Both vineyards were at their seventh leaf age at the time. Something about the seventh year made it so much more mature that the earlier vintages. Equal blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc with small addition of Petit Verdot. Aged in French oak barrels for 18 months, 50% new.
2019 Left Bank
One of our the best wines Brengmans has the pleasure to produce and share with our friends. Based off of blends that are typically found on the left bank of Bordeaux France, this bottle is a masterful blend of the noble grapes of Bordeaux! Aged 36 months in French oak, only Magnum size available
DESSERT
2017 Cherry Dessert
We use a blend of Balaton and Montmorency cherries in our wine then age it in French oak barrels for 24 month.
2016 Gewurztraminer SGN
100% Gewurztraminer grapes for this estate bottled Selection de Grains Nobles (SGN) are sourced from Crain Hill Vineyard, famous Block 2. Produced with grapes Defected with botrytis cinerea, or “Noble Rot” and made only when the quality is high enough to make such an extraordinary wine. Served as a dessert wine but could also be enjoyed on its own. Ready to drink upon release but will also hold great aging potential.
2016 Riesling Beerenauslese
Beerenauslese wines are made from grapes affected by “Noble Rot”. It is produced in very small batches when the weather is suitable, and Block 2 in CHV has the perfect conditions. BA was produced only in 2013 and 2016. Very sweet and rich and is ageable
2017 Riesling Ice Wine
They say that Riesling doesn’t do well in oak – well, this one spent 18 months in a new French oak puncheon and won! Seductively fresh, delicious pear and apple fruit comfortably sweet as ice wines are supposed to be at their best. Winner of the Jefferson Cup!
AROMATIZED
Piccolo Dito
Comparo Amaro
Made by infusing grape brandy with a proprietary mix of plants of which many were foraged from Leelanau Peninsula forests such as juniper berries, autumn olives, rose hips, sumac and wild raspberry leaves. Its bright ruby color comes from organic Egyptian hibiscus. Enjoy this neat, chilled, or accented with citrus zest.
Sweet Vermouth
100% Michigan-grown Chambourcin. Sweetened with maple syrup from here on the Leelanau Peninsula. Herbs and spices from around the world were carefully chosen for this blend. Enjoy as an aperitif on the rocks with a twist or blended as a cocktail with your favorite spirit.
Dry Vermouth
Base wine is Gruner Veltliner providing bracingly clean maritime notes with lemon, flint and sea spray, plus green olives and herbs on the palate. Lovely balance between citrus and savory.
BRANDY
F.T.F. (Fly the Flag) YAK
CONE YAK Riesling Grape Brandy
Classic Cognac-style brandy distilled from our older vintages of Riesling Wine. The Brandy is then aged in our Riesling Ice Wine barrel to offer notes of fruit and a touch of a sweeter finish.
CONE YAK Gewurztraminer Grape Brandy
Classic Cognac-style brandy distilled from our Gewurztraminer wine. The distilling process really pulls out the spice notes that the grape in known for!
CONE YAK Coffee Brandy
Classic Cognac-style brandy made from a blend of Riesling and Gewurztraminer wines. We then partnered with Higher Grounds Coffee in Traverse City and barrel aged the brandy with their roasted coffee beans! A real treat of a spirit with heavy-yet not overpowering- noted of coffee.
SPIRITS
T.I.D. (Truth in Dirt) SPIRITS
Solitude Vodka
100% Neutral Spirits Distilled from Grain
Paraclete Gin
Classic London Dry, botanical forward style Gin.
Saturate Gin Rose
Using the same gin as the Paraclete as a base, the cellar boys aged this gin in Pinot Noir barrels to give the gin a "rose" color. This process also helped to tone down the juniper flavor and introduce notes of cinnamon and light red fruit. Perfect for the gin drinker who is looking for less juniper notes in their beverage.
Dirty Rye Whiskey
This "Dirty" whiskey is truly special. Using a Rye Whiskey as a base we then aged the spirit in our Gudsht Red barrels. This process seemed to add a hint of sweetness at the start, similar to a Bourbon, and finish with a familiar Rye Whiskey kick.
ZERO-ALCOHOL
Zero-Alcohol Verjus Spritzers
Crafted using our house-made verjus with syrups made with ingredients grown locally
Three Flavors to choose from:
Tart Cherry TartDry or Maple MediumSweet
Cultured Kombucha
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Soda
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