Harvest Date September 30 & October 2

Growing Season A cool, damp, spring delayed the start of the growing season, and contributed to a small crop yield. An extended, warm Indian Summer allowed the fruit to reach maturity with rich, complex flavors.

Winemaking

• Hand harvested grapes
• All fruit destemmed
• Fermented in small 3.5 ton open-top stainless steel fermentors
• 4 - 5 day cold soak, 20 days total extended maceration
• Cap hand punched
• Fermentation by indigenous yeasts only
• Native malolactic fermentation in barrels
• Aged 9.5 months in small French oak barrels, 58% new
• Bottled unfined, unfiltered August, 1999