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Wine Description
The Story
"The ultimate expression of terroir". Hand-selected fruit from the finest blocks within our vineyards and handled with the greatest care in our dedicated reserve fermentation cellar, these wines combine elegant complexity with density and structure, and demonstrate the "art" of winemaking.
Only the finest fruit harvested from our cool-climate Carneros vineyards is selected for this Reserve Pinot Noir. We work hand in hand with our growers to farm these vineyards to ensure our quality standards each year.
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Wine Information
The 2011 growing season brought tenacious morning fog, unseasonably cool weather and rainfall at flowering time and during harvest, in October. The good news is that the cool conditions gave the grapes a generous amount of hangtime, which translates to optimum flavor maturity at relatively low brix (sugar). We began harvesting the reserve blocks of Pinot Noir on September 27th, over two weeks later than normal, finishing up on the 30th just ahead of the October rain. Yields were quite low but the vintage is marked by high aromatics, impeccable balance and rich, ripe flavors for the Pinot Noir.
