Ampelos Pinot Noir Fiddlestix Vineyard

Ampelos Pinot Noir Fiddlestix Vineyard 

Wine making style:     After de-stemming and light crushing, we cold soaked for 3 days and inoculated with BM45 & RC212 yeast we fermented in small, open top fermenters for 12-14 days with two daily punch downs to assist in the extractions we drained the free run (~80%) and gave the remainder a light press then racked into oak barrels where it underwent malolactic fermentation when primary fermentation was completed, we pressed and barrel it all down we rack our pinots twice during the barrel aging the wine is un-fined and unfiltered

Character:      Just after crushing this fruit the bin had the most beautiful smell of fresh thyme after aging and bottling the flavors have morphed into a rich blend of cherries, lush strawberry pie and a hint of sweet tobacco a glimpse of earthy musk and more cherries cap off the nose fiddlestix never fails to show us the beauty of what the other corridor of Sta. Rita hills can produce.

-From the producer