King Ferry Winery

King Ferry Winery
658 Lake Road
King Ferry, New York
USA 13081
Phone: (315) 364-5100
http://www.treleavenwines.com/

Contact: Tacie & Peter Saltonstall
Email: [email protected]

It's here on the east side of Cayuga Lake, King FerryTM Winery where you are invited to experience first-hand what having a burning passion for fine winemaking really tastes like.

A small farm winery, producing world-class TreleavenTM Wines, King Ferry Winery, is owned and operated by Tacie and Peter Saltonstall. Here, delicate vinifera grapes are hand-tended and selectively picked to produce extremely complex and full-flavored wines. Treleaven Chardonnays are crafted in the centuries-old Burgundian tradition.

Choosing quality over quantity, the Saltonstall family knows by reducing yields in the vineyard, barrel fermentation and aging in French and Hungarian oak barrels—only wines with proven depth of fruit character are produced.

King Ferry Winery produces about a dozen wines each year, however, the main grape and key wine is Chardonnay. Peter firmly believes in quality and takes great care to create the finest wines with pure varietal character. Mass production and mechanical harvesting are ignored - only time honored and traditional winemaking techniques are used in King Ferry Chardonnay.

Peter achieves "Burgundian style Chardonnay" through harvesting the grapes only by hand, reducing yields, barrel fermentation and aging in 100% French Vosages oak casks, full malolactic fermentation (conversion of harsh malic acids to softer lactic acids to create a rich, round, complex, style) and leaving the wine sur lie (aging the wine on its lees) to develop complexity and character. Knowing full well that he can never compete on a quantity scale with other local wineries, King Ferry's niche is crafting the finest Chardonnay possible.

While King Ferry Winery is widely acknowledged as a leading maker of superior, smooth, full-bodied Chardonnays—the winery produces 14 additional award-winning Treleaven Wines including a variety of exquisite Rieslings; a Gewürztraminer; Pinot Noir; Meritage; Vignoles; an earthy aromatic Cabernet Franc; and a soft, easy drinking Merlot.

Winemaker: Peter Saltonstall

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