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Pinot
Noir, Santa Maria Valley, 2006
From one of Santa Barbara County’s great growing
regions. The Rusack 2006 Santa Maria Valley Pinot
Noir captures some of this region’s classic
characters of blackberry, dark cherry and smoky aromas,
which follow through on the palate. The soft, silky
tannins make for an approachable young wine that is
also age worthy.
The grapes for the
2006 vintage are almost equally from the Solomon Hills
and Garey Vineyards in the Santa Maria Valley. The
grapes were de-stemmed upon arrival at the winery
in the early hours of the day and then placed into
one-ton macro bins for fermentation. Carefully tended,
the grape “must” was punched down by hand
twice each day to extract flavors and tannins from
the skins and manage the fermentation temperature.
Upon completion of fermentation, the new wine was
placed into French oak barrels, 35% of which were
new, for ten months of aging. Bottled without filtration
in August of 2007, the wine enjoyed four months of
bottle aging before being released. Just 472 cases
produced.
The 2006 vintage is now sold out.
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Optimum Storage Conditions:
Constant temperature, 55-58° F, darkness.
Aging Potential: To
enjoy young fruit aromas, consume within 1-3 years
of bottling date. For extended aging under ideal conditions,
consume within 3-7 years of bottling date.
Vineyards:
53% Solomon Hills, 47% Garey
Bottle analysis:
Alcohol: 14.1%, pH: 3.49, TA: 0.653g/100ml
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