Harvest Date September 11
Growing Season Higher overall temperatures at this site ripened the crop earlier than in 1991. Crop levels were about the same.
Winemaking
• hand-harvested
• whole cluster, direct-to-press
• indigenous yeast fermentation in barrels, 4 to 12 weeks to completion
• concurrent natural malolactic fermentation
• aged 8.5 months in barrels, 40% new French oak, sur-lies and stirred
• unblended, unfined; bottled September 1993