Grapes: Pinot Noir
Region: Sonoma, California
Vintage: 2023
Viticulture: Organic
Vinification: Direct press
Aging: barrel for 18 months then tank for 3 months
Fining or Filtering: None
Sulfur: None added
Notes from the Importer: It has been a while since I’ve released this cuvee. It originally resulted from having to direct-press all of the Santa Cruz Pinot in 2020 due to the fires that year. Now the dreams are intentionally laid away for a longer elevage in the attempt to make a serious blanc de noir that can fill in for when we are craving a pedigreed white wine.
Organic and regenerative Pinot Noir from the southern end of Carneros with a lot of marine influence. Minimal tilling and irrigation. Intelligent cover cropping. Sheep grazing.
Very gently pressed. The core of the press cuts went into Let’s Get Fizzical 2023(release date tbd) with some of the heart going into this wine along with the free-run and harder pressings. Aged in barrel for 18 months and then in stainless for 3 months.
A rose for the winter. For big tables. For drinking now or for
