2022 Santa Barbara County Cuvée Pinot Noir
2022 Santa Barbara County Cuvée Pinot Noir
The 2022 Santa Barbara Cuvée is primarily from the Rancho Ontiveros Vineyard is Santa Maria. Making this classic Pinot Noir a 65% Santa Maria Valley, 25% Los Alamos, and 10% Sta. Rita Hills blend. All components meld together into a nice fruit forward yet savory and earthy wine - With 15% whole cluster fermentation also adding complexity and tannin. The earth and dark cherry notes of course coming from Santa Maria Valley’s deep soils.
2022 Santa Barbara County Cuvée
Clonal Selection: 100% Pinot Noir, utilizing 115, 2A, Mount Eden, Pommard and 828 clones.
Growing Season: 2022 was a classic vintage with a touch more warm days than the previous vintage. This gave us incredible acids plus phenolic ripeness.
Brix at Harvest: 22.5-24 brix.
Chemistry: Finished total acidity 0.58 with a pH of 3.65, Alc. 14.1%
Fermentation / Élevage: 15% new French oak. 11 months in barrel, and bottled unfined, unfiltered.