Roar 2017 Pinot Noir Garys’ Vineyard

Grapes were harvested between September 1st-12th at 25-29 brix. The juice spent 26-31 days on the skins before being pressed to French oak barrels for 10 months aging. The wine was racked once, and bottled unfiltered and unfined in July 2018.

Winemaker notes:
Combines classic leather, dark fruit and earth with cherry cream, cola, and sage-like chaparral. The herb and leather elements bring balance to a palate full of dense berry and jam. Toasty oak notes extend through the finish, and as it opens up, this wine continues to reward the palate with a seamless, complex expression of Garys’ Vineyard and the cooler end of the Santa Lucia Highlands.
Cases Produced: 755

Alcohol: 14.9%

pH: 3.77

TA: 5.8

Clones: Calera, Pisoni

Cooperage: 100% French, 68% new – Cadus, Ermitage, Francois Freres, Latour, Remond, Seguin Moreau