Old Westminster Blinded by the Light 2020
Product details
| Management number | 253563216 | Release Date | 2026/10/24 | List Price | CA$10.40 | Model Number | 253563216 | ||
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Blinded by the Light is a piquette-based white blend from Old Westminster in Carroll County, Maryland. The blend is 50% Piquette Blanc, 30% Grüner Veltliner, and 20% Vidal Blanc, acidulated to taste with verjus. Piquette is made by rehydrating pressed grape pomace with water, which triggers a second spontaneous fermentation using the residual sugars and native yeasts still present in the skins. The result is a lower-alcohol, wine-adjacent beverage with a light, slightly spritzy texture.
This bottling pours a cloudy neon yellow. On the nose, expect tart lemon, pineapple core, and apricot skin. On the palate, the wine delivers lemonade-like citrus brightness, unripe peach, and tropical notes of pineapple and starfruit, with a mineral edge and clean, refreshing acidity. It is fermented with wild yeast, contains no added sulfites, and is bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Old Westminster sits at 1550 Old Westminster Road in Westminster, Maryland. The winery's Home Vineyard is planted at 800 feet elevation on channery loam soils over a bedrock of greenstone schist — terrain that favors high-acid, site-expressive fruit. Winemaker Lisa Hinton and vineyard manager Drew Baker source from both estate and neighboring vineyards across Carroll County, working with a pragmatic farming program that relies primarily on organic inputs.
Piquette carries no formal appellation designation; in the United States it exists as an emerging category championed by natural and low-intervention producers. Old Westminster has been a key voice in the American piquette conversation since launching its first commercial piquette bottling in 2018. Drink this cold and soon — piquette is not built for cellaring.
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