2015 Saint Georges Pinot Noir Central Coast 12x75cl*

GRAPE VARIETIES:

Pinot Noir

SKU:

Y6059B

PRODUCER:

Birichino

REGION:

California/ USA

ALCOHOL CONTENT:

13%

FOOD MATCHING NOTE:

Ideal with roast pork or chiken, grilled salmon and rich vegetable dishes.

TASTING NOTE:

The 2016 St Georges derives primarily from the elegant, floral, very small-berried pinot of the decades-old Besson planting at the base of the Santa Cruz Mountains. To its register of expansive red floral notes we add the darkly fragrant Santa Cruz Mountains pinot from the steep slate, schist and sandstone site of Lilo, Arroyo Seco pinot on decomposed granite and shale, and the muscular, brooding, deeply-flavored old selections of pinot planted by the late Dick Graff from 1800’ up in the Chalone AVA at Antle Vineyard. These four sites together bring exceptionally textured depth and lifted aromatics to this dynamic Central Coast bottling. Fermentation averaged about 20% whole cluster, with a higher proportion of the Lilo and Antle lots left whole, and after several days in stainless and bins, native fermentation got going, and we put a preliminary blend down to cement tank and neutral barrel in October. We racked just once when final barrel selections were made, prior to bottling unfiltered in July of 2017.

*Only available by the case