2023 Pinot Blanc
First Release
In Stock
Varietal
100% Pinot Blanc
Oak aging
20 months in 100%, 30% New French oak barrels
Harvested
10/18/23
Alcohol %
14.0
Tasting Notes
Our 2023 Pinot Blanc has aromas of vanilla, white chocolate, ripe kiwi, Asian pear, apple blossom, and fresh melon. The body is light to medium bodied with crisp acidity. Enjoy flavors of Carmel apple, fresh honeydew, and ripe kiwi. Pairs beautifully with chicken curry, pad Thai, scallops, sauteed shrimp and vegetables, grilled lobster, and salmon with a cream sauce.
Production Notes
5 barrels
Winemaker Notes
We harvested this fruit by hand early in the morning to preserve the fresh fruit cold and brought it to the winery to weigh and process. The grapes were loaded as cluster into the press and no destemming took place. The fruit was gently pressed as whole clusters, and the juice was pumped to a holding tank in the winery to hold cold and allow the sediment to settle out of the juice to the bottom of the tank. After 2-3 days we pumped the juice off the sediment leaving it behind and put the juice to white barrels for barrel fermentation. Once barrel fermentation was completed, we put the lot through partial malolactic fermentation to retain some of the wine’s native acidity while also softening it. The wine was aged on lees in barrels with minimal stirring until we were ready to bottle it about 20 months later.