2000 Reserve Pinot Noir
Winemaker's Notes
This intensely deep, garnet colored Pinot Noir displays aromas of the sweetest summer strawberries, blueberry, raspberry, cherry, and dried floral notes accented by creamy vanilla and oak. With a round smooth entrance, full and rich with flavors of blueberry, blackberry and cherry along with integrated oak spices. This wine offers great balance and a lingering velvety tannin finish. Suggested retail: $35.00
Technical Notes
| Vineyard |
% Blend |
County |
| King Estate |
34% |
Lane County |
| Pfeiffer Vineyards |
17% |
Lane County |
| Helmick Hill Vineyards |
13% |
Polk County |
| Croft Vineyard |
13% |
Polk County |
| Hyland Vineyard |
12% |
Yamhill County |
| Rancho Guadulupe |
6% |
Yamhill County |
| Ankeny Vineyards |
5% |
Polk County |
Final Analysis: 13.0% alcohol; TA: 0.61 g/100ml; pH: 3.55
Fermentation: 100% stainless steel, temperature controlled tank fermentation in removable top fermenters. Punch down two times per day.
Aging: 16 months in French oak barrels: 27% new barrels, 29% one year old barrels, 30% two year old barrels, 14% three year old barrels.
Production: 4,897 - 6 pack cases
Growing Season
Bud-break occurred in early April, which can be considered normal. The vineyards did experience two frosts that destroyed some emerging shoots and hindered the fruit primordia on others from developing to full capacity (i.e. fewer clusters and berries).
As we moved into the month of May, Mother Nature turned on her charm. Warm days with ample sunlight and about three inches of rain brought on fast, even, and healthy shoot growth. Many vineyards found themselves scrambling to keep up with their canopy management practices – shoot thinning and shoot positioning.
Flowering was quick but uniform, resulting in good fruit set of about 100-150 berries per cluster. The summer continued with lots of sunshine, heat and no rain, causing the vine’s biological clock to be wound faster than “normal.” The vines, free of fungal problems, created a perfect introduction for veraison.
Color change was somewhat sporadic from vine to vine and cluster to cluster. Under the circumstances, growers were obliged to drop fruit three to four times.
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