Pinot Noir, RESERVE, Santa Rita Hills, 2006
Santa Rita Hills has quickly become a Santa Barbara County favorite location for Pinot Noir vineyards. Our 2006 Pinot Noir Reserve is a classic example of the ultra premium quality that this area can produce. The wine has seductive aroma qualities of wild berries, rhubarb and camphor. The flavors of black cherry, cinnamon, combined with velvety tannins complete this elegant offering.

The grapes for our 2006 Reserve bottling of Pinot Noir hail from two vineyards within the Santa Rita Hills: Fiddlestix Vineyard on the southwest side of the Santa Ynez River and Rancho Santa Rosa to the north of the river. Upon delivery to the winery, the grapes were gently de-stemmed, the cold soaked before the onset of fermentation. The fermenting must was then punched down by hand twice each day. The new wine was then aged in a mixture of new (40%) and older French oak barrels for 10 months prior to bottling. Only 496 cases of the Reserve Pinot Noir, Santa Rita Hills was produced.

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Vineyards:
75 % Fiddlestix,
25 % Rancho Santa Rosa,

Bottle analysis:
Alcohol 14.5%, pH 3.49, TA .600 g/100ml

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