Nose
Perfumed with
golden delicious apple, pear, baking spices, caramel and a touch of exotic citrus.
Palate
The palate
is intoxicatingly powerful, offering concentrated vanilla, caramel, cinnamon and toasty spice
flavors. Layers of minerality lead to a seemingly endless finish.
Growing Conditions
2010 began with a wet winter and spring across Sonoma County. Summer
was cool, though as harvest approached temperatures rose. Our pinot noir and chardonnay
ripened fully and evenly, allowing sugars and acid to develop in balance. The wines from
2010 are bright, expressive and elegant.
Clonal Selection: Wente
Harvest
Hand‐harvested grapes.
Bottling
Unblended, unfined and unfiltered; bottled January 2012.
Winemaking
Whole cluster, direct to press, cold
Barrel‐fermented with indigenous yeasts; 5 months to completion
Concurrent, spontaneous malolactic fermentation in barrels
Aging
Aged 15 months in François Frères, Seguin Moreau and Calvin French oak barrels; 80% ne. Aged sur lies; biweekly bâtonnage.
Appearance
A tantalizing golden opal hue.