2021 Summer Dreams Pinot Noir Stargazing Sonoma Coast

Tasting notes

Select vineyards form the Western Sonoma Coast are our most affordable, but by no means less in character and complexity. These vineyards are cooler climate and so the wine is fresher, with highly focused fruit purity and delineation. Again, puncheon and open top fermenters and like the others, whole berry fermentation. The wine is vibrant and complex with subtle dark fruits and berries, grandmother’s cherry pie, flowers, minerals, and a slight touch of rain-soaked earth,

intertwined with a balance and very pleasing easy-going luxury. Should have been priced higher but what the hell. —JAYSON WOODBRIDGE

Cellaring

100% Pinot Noir

Viticulture

Each hillside vineyard site is chosen for the generous slope, unique sequence of Goldridge soils, ranging from 900-1900 feet above sea level, and microclimate to add dimension to the wines. A rare, fine-grained sandy loam, Goldridge soils are known for excellent drainage, and a characteristically light and fluffy texture. Some of the particularly unique sites have Goldridge layered on top of ancient seabed where finding fossils in the soil is not unusual and a clay content that helps the soil retain precious moisture during the growing season. The coastal climate of the region is marked by warm, dry summers and cool, damp winters.

APPELLATION
West Sonoma Coast

CLONES
Pommard, 777, 828, 9, 667,115, 23

Vinification

FERMENTATION
Whole berry fermented in a mix of custom open top tanks and puncheons

COOPERAGE
A mix of Demptos and Taransaud, Cavin barrels

BOTTLING
Unfined