6 - 2011 Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, 750ml
2011 Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley
88 Points and Editor’s Choice, Wine Enthusiast
The wine has delicious red fruit components of raspberry, strawberry and some stone fruit character. The wine has a soft round mouth-feel which offers up a hint of spice and a bright acid finish to enhance a wide range of foods.
Specs
Vineyard: The fruit is sourced from multiple sites in the Valley
Trellis: Upright Vertical Canopy
Canopy Management: Shoot positioning, leaf removal, use of catch-wire system
Soil Type: Wide range of soil types
Fermentation: Large Stainless fermentors to small open top fermentors
Temperature: 75-95 degrees F.
Yeast: Fermented with selected yeast strains to enhance varietal character
Transfer: Using state of the art positive displacement pumps
Aging: In small French, Hungarian, and Czechoslovakian barrels for 10 months
Bottling: September 11-19, 2012
Alcohol: 12.5%
pH: 3.29
Production: 1923 cases