Six-bottle limit on all orders. This wine is unique because we used all second-year and older barrels in its production. We tend to love the influence of two-year-old barrels on our wines and have been playing with the idea of a "no new oak" Pinot Noir for several years. In 2007 we decided to go for it.
When you taste this wine you'll notice the fruit before anything else, which we work very diligently all year to farm. The wine was 80% destemmed with 30% whole clusters, then fermented with wild yeast and wild ML, which add complexity and interest. The barrels were approximately 75% second-year, so you still get some subtle oak in the background, as well as all the benefits of aging in 100% French oak. We love this wine, and because we didn't have to pay for pricey new oak barrels, we can offer it at a fantastic price.
Foursight Winemaker, Joe Webb, talks about this bottling below:
