Vineyard

This Pinot Noir comes from a single vineyard in the heart of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Located at about 1000 ft. in elevation, this southeastern facing 2 acre block was planted in 1997, and has been farmed by us since 2016. It is dryfarmed, no-till, and organic and is located in a canyon near the old logging town of Glenwood surrounded by second growth redwoods, bay trees, and coast live oaks. It is steep, about 30% slopes, and grown on clay loam soils weathered from Purisima Mudstone.

Vintage Summary

The 2021 vintage was marked by classic La Nina conditions of a cool and relatively dry winter leading to an earlier than normal budbreak. There was a light frost event in April which damaged some lower elevation vines and buds which diminished the potential yield by about a third. A warm summer and very mild temperatures in fall allowed the light crop to ripen a little more slowly. Harvested September 13th/14th 2021.

Winemaking

The grapes were picked by hand, sorted in the field. At the winery the grapes were destemmed into a redwood fermenter. Pumped over once daily, pressed after a 14 day fermentation. Elevage in old puncheons for 18 months. Racked to stainless steel a month before bottling. Unfined, unfiltered. Bottled March 12th, 2023. 105 cases produced. 27 ppm total SO2 at bottling.

Wine Stats

Brix at harvest: 22.0

Titratable Acidity: 6.2 g/L

pH: 3.59

Residual Sugar: 0.0 g/L

Alcohol: 13.0%