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Highest vineyard in Sta Rita Hills, Sauvignon Blanc from Vogelzang Vineyard highly sought after spot in Happy Canyon and Grenache Blanc from Tierra Alta Vineyard, a great Rhone focused vineyard in Ballard Canyon where many great Grenache Blanc originate.
We use neutral barrels for all our Sangiovese lots so as not to overpower the delicate fruit. We can’t say enough about the Stolpman vineyard and we feel lucky to be able to source this great Sangiovese. During the destemming we threw in a little Viogner and Syrah fruit, less the 3%, into the fermenter for fun and maybe some added complexity. This wine was gently destemmed then cold soaked for 4 days and fermented with gentle punchdowns. Aged in neutral tight-grained French barrels for 19 months
Our Syrah is from 4 different blocks we have had in this vineyard for over 10 years. Located in the cool climate area of Alisos Canyon Road, these vines have consistently delivered for us. We chose to co ferment Viognier at 3% for additional nuisance in the style of Côte-Rôtie. The wine was gently destemmed then cold soaked for 4 days and fermented with gentle punchdowns. Aged in all tight grained French oak barrels with 40% new for 18 months
This wine is predominantly Syrah from Watch Hill with the balance being Mourvedre from Martian Vineyard and Grenache from Watch Hill. We separately produced and barrel aged the components with the blend coming together just in advance of bottling. The wines for this blend were gently destemmed and then cold soaked for 4 days and fermented with gentle punchdowns. Aged in all tight grained French oak barrels with 37% new for 19 months.
Our SRH Pinot Noir is a blend of 3 beautiful vineyards in the sta. Rita Hills AVA.Rio Vista Vineyard - Clone 2ABentrock Vineyard - Clone 115 Bouna Terra Vineyard - Clone 777 We selected 11 barrels from these 3 lots for this blend, the vineyard distinctiveness of course is limited but the blend is very approachable and definitely complex. The wines for this blend were gently destemmed then cold soaked for 4 days and fermented with gentle punchdowns. Aged in all tight grained French oak barrels with 35% new for 19 months.
Our Bentrock Pinot Noir is from our 2 acre block of clone 777. The vineyard is located on the far western end of Santa Rosa road. In its relatively short life this vineyard has gained a reputation for excellent fruit. The growing year was generally a great one and will be known for bigger wines. This wine was gently destemmed then cold soaked for 4 days and fermented with gentle punchdowns. Aged in all tight grained French oak barrels with 35% new for 18 months.