2022 Pinot Noir - North Slope

Vinification: 100% destemmed into open top fermenters. 5 days cold soak w/3 times daily punchdowns. Fermentations lasts as additional 10-12 days w/2 times daily punchdowns. Once dry, pressed into 25% new and 75% one year old Francois Freres barrels. Malolactic fermentation completes in barrel.

From: Antonio Galloni's Vinous (May 2024)

The 2022 Pinot Noir The North Slope Vineyard is quite dark and brooding in feel. Black cherry, plum, spice, leather, lavender, game and mocha add to and impression of somber intensity. GIve this a year or two to soften. Clone 777 Pinot yields a wine of notable breadth here. 92pts.

Bottled 01/16/2024

1064 Cases Produced