Nose
Black cherry, cranberry , cola and pomegranate aromas.
Palate
Long and full on the palate with bright plum and
rhubarb notes and a refreshingly zesty finish.
Growing Conditions
We’ve made our Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir exclusively from fruit that is sourced for our single-vineyard wines. These vineyards highlight Pinot Noir at its best from the Sonoma Coast AVA: cooler sites with lower yields, resulting in amazing concentration and vibrancy.
Goldridge soil series, which is well-drained and highly erodible, with poor nutrients forcing vines to struggle thus delivering dense fruit clusters. Overall climate is cool, foggy and sometimes windy; however, with enough sunshine to produce fruit with intense color and flavors.
Starting with a warm spring, the vines quickly went though budbreak, bloom and then
set. Beautiful weather brought a bountiful crop. It was a long perfect growing season
allowing for complete ripening and lush layered flavors.
Clones: 52% Pommard; 19% Dijon clone 828; 16% Dijon 115; 7% Calera and 6%
Dijon 23
Harvest
After night harvesting , the fruit travels before sunrise to Saintsbury.
Winemaking
Each block
remains separate and receives gentle handling starting at the sorting table through to
the open top fermenters for 5 day cold soak, 13 days total cuvaison.
Aging
10 months in 20% new; 30% 1-year old & 50% neutral—all French Oak.
