Mari Vineyards

Sezession refers to a series of movements from the turn of the 20th century when European avant-garde artists broke with the conservative past, favoring Art Nouveau over more traditional styles. In the spirit of the Sezession movement, Winemaker Sean O’Keefe utilized the Austrian Grüner Veltliner grape for this wine as a non-traditional sparkling variety.

Our Méthode Ancestrale sparkling was created in a very hands-off style, capturing ripe fruit flavor in a bone-dry wine. Aged sur lee in the tank for six months and in the bottle for another seventeen. A difficult way of saying something simple, Simplicissimus is inspired by German satire and literature.

Seeking balance through blending, we found Teroldego adds a refreshing acidic feel and tannic edge to this majority Pinot Noir blend. Eight months in neutral oak preserved fresh fruit vivacity while adding softer vanilla flavor. Troglodyte, meaning “cave dweller”, is a humorous title claimed by our production crew, who spend much of their time working in the wine caves.

This Friuli-inspired white wine is based on the idea that blends can be more interesting than the sum of their parts. Lees and oak aging soften crisp fruit flavor. Troglodyte, meaning “cave dweller”, is a humorous title claimed by our production crew, who spend much of their time working in the wine caves.

The Malvasia Ambra explores ancient winemaking practices including skin-contact fermentation, carbonic maceration, and oak aging to create lush flavors and textures. The label features an illustration of Autumn, a Georgian sculpture gifted to Grand Traverse County in 1989, to commemorate our bountiful agricultural connection with our sister region of Mtskheta, Georgia.

Our style continues to evolve at Mari as we seek the right balance of whole cluster pressing, oak fermentation, and lees aging to deliver a Chardonnay that truly tastes of our region. Bright fruit flavor with deeper autolytic notes combine to create a balanced, full, textural result after eight months in French oak.