Pinot Noir 'Saveria Vyd'

• Practicing Organic
• 100% Pinot Noir
• Sourced from Saveria Vineyard (Santa Cruz Mountains AVA)
• 600 ft. elevation
• Planted in the late 1990s
• Soil is a deep colluvial fan of sand and calcareous marine deposits
• Farmed by the legendary Prudy Foxx, aka “The Vine Whisperer”
• Hand-harvested
• 3-day cold soak and 14-day native yeast fermentation
• 1/3 of the fruit was destemmed and pumped over daily (no punch-downs)
• The remainder was left with 33% whole clusters, with regular cap management
• Aged 11 months in 33% new oak
• Bottled unfined and unfiltered
• 220 cases produced
• 13.5% abv

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