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black cherry, spicy plum, lilac.
mulberry, black raspberry, pomegranate.
lamb burgers, roasted duck.
VINIFICATION
hand harvested in two lots on sept. 1st and 9th. a 19-day and 16-day fermentation occurred in open-top tanks using a wild yeast. each lot pumped over twice daily during the 7 and 9-day cold soak, with manual punch downs there after. aged for 12-months in neutral barrels. bottled without fining or filtration.
SITE
a coastal, hillside vineyard in carneros near the napa /sonoma county line. soils are light, alluvial and provide very little water holding capacity. located a few miles from san francisco bay, the vines are routinely bathed in fog during the summer months. a cool, true maritime microclimate ideally suited to pinot noir.
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this wine, and the fine little source that grew it, perfectly illustrates the bitter-sweet nature of being a negociant (a producer who contracts fruit rather than owning vineyards). our viticulturalist mark neal led us to this site. his enthusiasm derived from the age of the vines and the unususal soils they were growing in. the rap on carneros has always been: great climate, boring soil. the area is a big flood pan holding back the enormous ocean breach of the golden gate, and it is resigned to rather pedestrian clay loam soils. but perched on a hill just across from the stornetta dairy, this vineyard benefits from light alluvial soils---soils which possess little water holding capacity and which stress the vines. further, its proxmity to the san francisco bay and its reliably cold afternoon winds, makes this a genuinely cool climate site. so, we were lovestruck and thinking about long term contracts. then we got the call. the vineyard had sold and the new owners had no interest in selling fruit. 2007 will be our one and only expression from this unqiue site. and the search continues...
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