Nose: Gummy strawberry candy, orange pekoe tea, marmalade, cherry, mint & sage, nutmeg, fresh violet, clay. Very perfumed and clean. Palate: Ripe cherry with cola & cream. Starts rich and tightens up into fine tannins with fresh, lively acidity. Long building finish. Pure, the best of what Santa Maria promises…this delivers. -AA
Drink now through 2051.
Alcohol: 13.0%
94 POINTS, EDITOR’S CHOICE, WINE ENTHUSIAST
$40.00
WINEMAKER: LANE TANNER
100 % Pinot Noir
Santa Maria Valley AVA
Vineyards: Wild King, Rancho Real, Julia’s
Clones: 115, Swan, and Pommard 4
Harvest: Sep 14 – Oct 8, 2021
avg sugar at Harvest: 21.8 brix
open-top fermentation
no stem inclusion
punched down by hand
100 % malolactic
5% new/95% neutral French/Hungarian oak
unfined and unfiltered
pH in bottle: 3.62
TA: .62 g/100ml
Bottled: August 4, 2022
Alcohol: 13.0%
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