Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2004

VINEYARD
Appellation: Sonoma Coast, Sonoma
Yield: 2 tons per acre average
Vine age: 6 years average, irrigated

HARVEST
Harvest date: August 26th, 2004
Harvest Brix: 25 average

WINEMAKING
Hand harvested grapes — 100 % destemmed Fermented in small open top stainless steel fermenters and T-Bins ● Cap manually punched down twice a day during fermentation ● 5 days cold soak and 21 days total cuvaison average ● Aged an average of 17 months in French oak barrels ● 40 % new oak from Tonnelleries Rousseau and Remond. Bottled unfined and unfiltered on March of 2006 ● Bottle aged 6 months when released in July 2006

WINEMAKERS TASTING NOTES AND COMMENTS
80% of this Sonoma Coast blend is sourced from our closest vineyard to the Pacific ocean and is greatly influenced by cold fog. For added complexity and structure we used 20% of Carneros Pinot Noir fruit (Swan clone) in this Sonoma Coast blend. Harvested earlier than its Russian River counterpart, the Sonoma Coast blend expresses a cooler, brighter and more nervous version of Pinot Noir. On the nose, our 2004 offering is full of scents of raspberries, rose petals, cinnamon and tobacco. In spite of a voluptuous and viscous mouth feel, the wine does not lack balanced acidity and structured length.
Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2004
PRODUCTION
150 Cases of 750 ml «
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