2021 Bifröst
We ship in quantities of 4, 6, 8 or 12 bottles. Flat rate shipping is $29 in BC and $35 for rest of Canada. Mix and match is totally cool.
The Bifröst Bridge, commonly referred to as the Bifröst, is a multidimensional energy that allows instantaneous travel within the Nine Realms, a group of vastly distant celestial bodies that are home to various different races and cultures.
While the concept of the Bifröst derives from ancient Norse mythology in which the Bifröst was the rainbow bridge connecting the land of the Gods (Asgard) with the land of humanity (Midgard), familiarity with the Bifröst has increased exponentially in recent years due to the popularization of this myth in the context of the Avengers series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In the Avengers, the Bifröst is used primarily by the Asgardians, who are able to use a rainbow bridge to harness the energy and access the Bifröst in order to travel to and protect the Nine Realms.
Every myth alludes to a deeper truth. In this case, the light energy comprising the universe contains every colour of the rainbow. Even we are light energy encased in an amazing organic vessel. Our connection to this light energy can be seen through our energetic portals in the form of chakras – spinning discs of light energy and sound.
The rainbow bridge – the Bifröst – is the metaphysical journey or path that we, as individuals and as a collective, are traversing. Our aim is to re-align with our limitless divinity and the true nature of our existence.
One word Integration
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Artwork Aaron K Metz
Specifications
- Alcohol 12.6%
- Acidity 5.626 g/L
- Aging Aged 6 months in used French oak puncheons.
- Bottling Date April 25, 2022
- Country Canada
- Farming Conventional
- ph 3.80
- Producer Rigour & Whimsy
- Region Okanagan Valley
- Residual sugar 2.88
- Sulfites Added 27.00
- Type Orange
- Varietal 55% Riesling · 45% Gewürztraminer
- Vintage 2021
- Winemaker Costa Gavaris
Winemaker Notes
Here is our spacetime traveling, swashbuckling, entry level amber wine, back again in a whole new guise. While the grape varieties continue to change, the basic elevage of this wine has stayed relatively constant. We destem, ferment in stainless steel, and have a short maturation time in older oak. Of note this time around, we have returned to a co-fermentation, similar to the 2018 Flux Capacitor, but with only 2 grape varieties this time instead of 5 or 6! We also shortened the skin maceration time by half, as this wine was starting to taste by far the most tannic and bold of all our entry level amber wines at only 1 month on skins. Boy howdy, am I loving the assertive tannins and integrated, bitter, amaro-type notes on this wine!
After a few vintages of very delicate amber wines it is a fun change to have worked with some varieties that wanted to show the more muscular side of the style. This co-ferment of roughly equal parts Riesling (55%) and Gewürztraminer (45%) was destemmed and fermented in a 3000L stainless steel tank for 1 month. It was then pressed and settled for 24 hours before being racked into 4 older puncheons. It was barrel aged for 6 months before bottling unfined and unfiltered in April 2022.