A fresh and drinkable red-fruited Pinot Noir that even the most difficult to please will enjoy.
Variety: 100% Pinot Noir
Vineyard: Spear Vineyard Estate Vineyard
Location: Santa Rita Hills, CA
Alcohol: 14%
Production: 775 cases
A fresh expression of Pinot Noir; ripe cherries, red berries and a hint of baking spice from limited oak aging. Bright and mouth-watering.
95% destemmed and 5% while crushed to open-top fermenters on ambient yeast. After primary fermentation wine is racked to neutral French oak barrels and undergoes full malolactic by naturally occurring bacteria, then ages for up to 8 months in barrel. Bottled unfined & unfiltered.
Vineyard is CCOF certified organic in Tierra loam soil.