- Practicing Organic
- 100% Pinot Noir
- Great Oak Vineyard (Russian River Valley AVA)
- Located in the hills above the Russian River north of Forestville
- Franciscan derived soils interspersed with fractured shale and sandstone
- There are a total of 5 small blocks of pinot noir scattered across the 46 acres of this very steep and hilly property
- Densely planted vines trained in a vertical curtain system
- very poor rocky soils and low production clones result in crop levels that are among the lowest for pinot noir anywhere
- usually the first pinot noir vineyard harvested by the Joseph Swan Winery
- 197 Cases Produced
- Each block of the vineyard is harvested separately as it reaches maturity
- Each lot is fermented and aged separately
- Fifteen to twenty percent of each lot is left as whole clusters with the balance de-stemmed into open top fermenters
- Wild yeast fermentation ensued after just 24 hours of a “natural” cold soak
- Punchdowns hand three times per day during the peak fermentation to extract color and flavor and to control fermentation temperature
- After almost three weeks on the skins, the wine was pressed off, settled briefly and then racked to French Burgundy barrels for 11 months of aging before selection, blending and bottling.
- unfined and unfiltered
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
2016
Country:
United States
Region:
California
Appellation:
Russian River Valley
Variety:
Pinot Noir
Color:
Red
Farming Practice:
Sustainable
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | US-JSW-45-16 | 12/750ml |