At Swede Hill Cellars, we handcraft small lots of artisan wines that reflect our relationship with: our growers whose skill and integrity produce the beautiful grapes that reflect Washington State's unique glacial and volcanic geology, andour friends and family who work with us during long daytime hours and into the night duringCrush, to ready those grapes for transformation by the winemakers.
Because we work in small lots we can use traditional French and artisan techniques: cold soaks, co-fermentation at crush, hand punch downs, stem Inclusion, sur lie aging & battonage, minimal filtration or fining, and carefully balanced oak exposure. We handle our wines very lightly during barrel aging, striving to minimize pumping. The winemakers favor low oxygen exposure during barrel aging to help preserve the wines' intense fruit flavors and aromas.Â
