Pinot Noir 'Bodega Ridge', Occidental 2021

• Certified Sustainable • 100% Pinot Noir • Bodega Ridge Vineyard was planted in 2012 • Goldridge, sandy loam soils over marine sediment and fossils • Hand-harvested at night • Hand-sorted as clusters before completely destemming • Each vineyard block is fermented separately in 2-4 ton fermenters • Not cold-soaked prior to fermentation • Native yeast fermentation • Punch downs are used only as needed to distribute the heat of fermentation, ensuring a gentle extraction • After fermentation is complete, the tanks are drained and only the free-run wine is transferred by gravity to Francois Freres barrels (25% new) to age 11 months • Native malolactic fermentations • Bottled unfined and unfiltered with a minimum level of SO2 (~50 ppm) • 13.3% abv