Tasting Notes: Produced from our two best barrels of Garey Vineyard in a vintage marked by cool temperatures and a long growing season. Bright notes of sour cherry, morello cherry, green tea, hibiscus, orange peel, allspice, smoked duck on the nose. The palate offers red cherry, orange peel, cinn stick, pomegranate, black tea. Bright and lively. Classic Santa Maria Valley energy and verve. 90 cases produced. A Pinot Noir with great aging potential. Drink now through 2035 or beyond.
Alcohol: 12.7%
$62.00
WINEMAKER: LANE TANNER
100 % Pinot Noir
Garey Vineyard (100%)
SIP sustainably farmed
Santa Maria Valley AVA
Santa Barbara County
Clones: 667, 115
Harvest: September 13-21, 2018
sugar at Harvest (avg): 22.4 brix
pH: 3.50
TA: 0.95
open-top fermentation
no stem inclusion
punched down by hand
100 % malolactic
40% new/60% neutral Hungarian oak
unfined and unfiltered
Bottled: August 2, 2019
Alcohol: 12.6%