Estate Selection is an exclusive barrel selection of Pinot Noir representing the unique qualities of our vineyard. Every block within our 30 acre vineyard is individually hand harvested at its peak of flavor maturity and intensity. Block by block, the fruit is fermented in small 1.5 ton lots and matured for over 18 months in French oak barrels.
Every vineyard block and clone/rootstock combination showcases something unique and special from the vineyard. After fermentation is complete, the wine is placed into a selection of barrels to mature. We source French oak barrels from several coopers. The wine takes a different path to maturity in each barrel, developing its own nuances. Our use of whole clusters in each fermentation provides a continuously evolving tasting experience.
We taste all of our barrels of wine many times throughout the year. We experience the evolution of flavors and aromas and remember the significant events in our vineyard. The excitement of an early bloom, the mystery of a very light fruit set, the discovery of color change at veraison and the rapture of harvest. Tasting each barrel of wine provides us a snapshot in time. We experience the wine’s development.
It is usually during the spring when Pinot Noir in barrel begins to reveal the character of the vintage. Much like experiencing the lavender lilac bloom – you notice the color, then the hint of sweetness in the air and as time passes you are witness to the entire bloom – a testament to the season. This is when we begin blending trials for Estate.
Tasting Notes: Estate Selection reveals restrained power, richness and balance from the vintage. This is Ernie’s selection of barrels to enliven the palate and provide a lingering finish. Estate Selection is the complement to Amalie’s Cuvée.
Persuasive red. Deeply fragrant aromas of tilled earth, sweet wild raspberries, aged cigar box cedar, dried rosemary and pheromone provide a moment of pause. Energetic and fully engaging the palate with a wild streak of Wadenswil clone prompting the release of endorphins. Integrated stem tannins and balanced acidity sooth during the refractory period. Unfined and unfiltered.
Culinary Inclinations: Small game paella with rabbit, duck, chanterelle and morel mushrooms, water chestnuts and celery using duck stock. Top each serving with grated Manchego cheese, a dusting of smoked paprika and serve under candlelight.
2013 Estate Selection Pinot Noir
Limpid red. A complex, highly perfumed bouquet evokes fresh red fruit, blood orange and floral pastilles, and a strong suggestion of exotic Moroccan spices builds with aeration. Shows very good depth of flavor but comes off lithe, offering zesty raspberry, bitter cherry and spicecake flavors that take a turn to darker fruits on the back half. A hint of vanilla sweetens a very long, silky, gently tannic finish that leaves five-spice powder and candied lavender notes behind.
- Josh Raynolds, Vinous, January 2018 - 92 points
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