Vineyard: Various vineyards located in the Sonoma
Coast Appellation.
Color and Aroma
The color is a bright strawberry
red. The primary aromatic is strawberry shortcake.
Flavor Profile
Strawberries, vanilla, orange peel, and hints of
clove and allspice.
Technique
The wine is a blend of the free-run
juice from several lots of ultra premium vineyard designate Pinot Noir from the
Sonoma
Coast. It was naturally fermented in stainless steel for approximately
three weeks with a maximum temperature of 77°F.
We then transferred the wine to neutral French oak barrels and allowed
the wine to go through natural malolactic fermentation. The wine remained
in barrel for three months for aging. As always, we added nothing to the wine
except a small amount of SO2 before bottling it unfiltered and unfined.
