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dried cranberry, brush (chaparral), sassafras root.
dark bitter chocolate, fresh raspberries.
roasted pork chop with wild herbs, grilled salmon.
VINIFICATION
hand harvested on sept. 23. a long, cool fermentation occurred in an open-top tank using a wild yeast. pumped over twice daily during an 8-day cold soak. manual punch downs. aged for 10-months in one, two, and three year barrels. bottled without fining or filtration.
SITE
a dynamic vineyard situated on a remote, arid hilltop. high-altitude exposures of 1600 ft. at the base of an extinct volcano (pinnacles national monument). daily temperature swings of 40-60° f. rare co-location of granite and limestone soils (from decaying marine organisms). extreme microclimate produces stressed vines and wines of unusual complexity.
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23.8 |
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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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