black raspberries, violets, forest floor.
casis, dried cranberry, mineral.
roasted herb-crusted pork chops, grilled wild salmon, peking duck.
VINIFICATION
hand harvested in two lots: “block 8” on september 23rd and “block 10” on september 28th. manual “punch-downs” once daily. cold-stable fermented in stainless steel tanks. macerated for 18-days. aged in new, one-year, and two-year french oak barrels for 10-months.
SITE
arid, high-altitude exposures at 1600' in cooler northern end of chalone appellation, just at base of pinnacles national monument. daily temperature swings of 40 - 60° F. extremely rare co-location of granite and limestone soils (from decaying marine organisms). deep porous soils and extreme microclimate create stressed vines and wines of remarkable complexity.
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| 3.59 |
6.2 g/l |
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| 0.35 g/l |
25.1 |
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what it is about pinot noir from this windswept, elevated swath of dirt, full of limestone deposits that makes for superior cellaring?
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