Katherine Lindsay Pinot Noir

Hand-sorted while still cold from the field; 16% whole cluster inclusion. Fermented in small, open-top stainless steel tanks with indigenous yeasts. 5-day cold soak, 17day maceration. Gentle punchdowns. Spontaneous malolactic fermentation in barrel. Aged 15months in French oak barrels; 53% new. Coopers: Francois Frères, Damy, Cadus, Leroi, Louis Latour. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.

Clonal selection: Calera, Swan, 115. Rootstock: 101-14, 420a, 3309. Plant date: 2000. Soil: Sebastopol sandy loam. Exposure: 2-30%slope, varied exposure. Trellisand pruning: vertical shoot positioned(vsp) | bilateral cordon| block a7, a9: bilateral cane. Yield: 2.79tons/acre.

From the estate surrounding our winery located in the Laguna Ridge neighborhood of the Russian River Valley, a light carmine color shines in the glass with fragrant aromas of herbal tea, rhubarb, violet, and clove. On the palate, elevated flavors of raspberry, Damson plum, and cola join earthy notes of forest pine and cedar over an elegant and lengthy finish framed by supple tannins and bright acidity.