Just when we thought we’d seen every wacky trend the wine world had to offer—Bagums! Cans! (So. Many. Cans.) Bottles aged on the ocean floor!—in comes Crystal Visions, a Cabernet Sauvignon made using a process the winemakers at Tank Garage call “cosmic fermentation.”
The fruit for Crystal Visions comes from San Benito County’s Tres Pinos vineyard, and is made utilizing a process where grapes are placed in a fermentation tank with white and rose quartz crystals for 28 days.
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The crystals that this particular vintage used were washed in the healing waters of Bodega Bay, then charged by the waxing moon in the Sierra Foothills. Because quartz naturally vibrates at an exact frequency and, when pressurized, can produce small volts of electricity, the winemakers believe they add to the vibrancy of the wine.
“The Egyptians put amethyst, rubies, and lapis in their goblets of wine. There’s something there,” says Jason Ruppert, the winemaker at Ardure who inspired the project at Tank. “I think we need more energetic value in life right now. And any added vibrancy when you’re making natural wine is good.”
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