Harvest Date September 10 - October 2

Growing Season Warm weather in May and June jump-started the growing season after a cool, frosty spring. Cool nights and low temperature days in September extended the harvest, letting the grapes achieve good maturity, color, and flavors.

Winemaking

• Hand-harvested grapes
• Whole cluster, direct to press
• Barrel fermented with indigenous yeast, 9 months to completion
• Concurrent spontaneous malolactic fermentation
• Barrel aged 11 months in French oak barrels, 66% new, sur lies and stirred
• Bottled unfined, unfiltered August 2002