What's the IEMMALLO difference?  

We use…

1. Best Available Grapes

2. Small Batch Production

3. Sound Practices

4. Time

5. Experience

GRAPES:

• The best grapes from the best place in highly reputable wine regions

• Matching vineyard site with grape variety is paramount

• Every grape variety can produce great wine when grown in the right place

• Cabernet Sauvignon needs a long season, plenty of sun, and minimal water to concentrate flavors

• Pinot Noir needs a shorter season, cooler climate and careful management to optimize flavors

• Riesling needs a cool climate, ample sun that is not too strong to burn the fruit

• We source our fruit from family growers that consistently produce high quality fruit
  
  

SMALL BATCHES:

• Small batch winemaking allows more focus and attention to detail

• Allows gentler processing techniques that reduces bitterness and greatly improves quality

• Enables greater control of oxygen management to preserve varietal flavors
  
  

SOUND PRACTICES: 

• Management practices and advanced monitoring avoids problems

• Monitor and control the reduction-oxidation (Redox) potential to avoid foul aromas

• Temperature control improves yeast health and retains more pure aromatics

• Monitor tannin extraction and press based on taste to avoid bitter compounds from grape seeds

• Keeping it clean and sanitary – No human hands ever touch the wine, and every piece of equipment that comes into contact with the wine is sanitized before and after use
  
  

TIME: 

• Time allows for natural maturation

• Wines evolve and greatly improve naturally with time (with few exceptions like Beaujolais Nouveau)

• Our wines take one to two years before we release them for sale

• Bulk aging in hand-coopered French oak casks can smooth and enhance the wine when allowed to age for many months

• Time is the most natural way to mature a wine to realize its true potential
  
  

EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION

• Wine is not a made using a recipe, like beer or bread

• Wine grapes can vary tremendously from year to year

• Formal education from experienced teachers and fellow winemakers plus years of experience is how we consistently produce quality wines year after year

The Winery

Our winery was established in 2020 as a Massachusetts Farm-Winery and is in the 4th year of production.  The Iemmallo Wine Cellars brand is owned by Jammalo Craft Wines, Inc. and we currently produce less than 200 cases per year of hand-crafted wines from single vineyards.  

The winery produces a diverse portfolio each year with our Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve as our flagship wine.  As every wine lover knows, it can take 1 to 3 years to release a wine from the date of harvest.  Our wines were first released in June of 2022 and we are now at full production capacity.

Vineyards

Our grape growing partners are viticulture experts who have a lifetime of knowledge and experience growing wine grapes in their specific regions.  We source the best grapes possible from Massachusetts and across New England, the New York Finger Lakes, northern California and Washington State, and internationally from Chile and South Africa.

In addition to our grape grower partners, we manage a small educational vineyard which produces about 150 pounds of fruit, or 6 cases of wine from our estate.  The Noiret grapes that we cultivate were developed at Cornell University's Grape Breeding Program and produce a fruity red wine that is best served slightly chilled and has a flavor profile reminiscent of Pinot Noir.  

We grow our vineyard in an environment as natural as possible.  We employ organic and integrated pest management practices (IPM) like leaf removal in the fruiting zone to improve air circulation, have no till soils, and utilize cover crops like white clover to help keep the vines naturally nourished and healthy.  These practices reduce fungicide sprays.  

We also encourage native and beneficial plants like goldenrod, milkweed, dandelions and Queen Anne's lace (wild carrot) to attract a myriad of pollinators.  This attracts beneficial insects that help ward off pests.  We never spray insecticide or use any chemical weed killers in order to protect birds, pollinators, and the overall ecosystem.

Lanza-Musto Vineyards - Suisun Valley, CA

Maintaining pristine vineyards with impeccable standards, the Lanza-Musto vineyards in Suisun Valley is where great wine begins.  They make multiple passes through the vineyards and discard any grape cluster that lacks consistency or does not meet their high standards.  This forces the vines to concentrate the flavors in the remaining fruit.  

USA TODAY • Suisun Valley named Best Wine Region of the Year!  The word is out.