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| The fruit comes from our clay rich hillside Raupo Creek vineyard, with 60% originating from the vines grown on the top of our steep hill block, and 40% from the flats. Each vine is thinned to carry one bunch per shoot.The nose exhibits aromas of dark cherry, dark chocolate and smoky roasted coffee. The palate is concentrated and full with fleshy, juicy, dark fruits layered over smoky oak, with fine mouth-coating tannins and a persistent finish.After hand-picking the fruit was hand-sorted before being de-stemmed and cooled. After a pre-fermentation soaking period the juice was allowed to warm and fermentation started with wild yeast. During fermentation the caps were hand-plunged daily. The wine was then left to sit on skins for two weeks for post ferment maceration; a total of three and a half weeks was spent in contact with the skins. It was then drained and lightly pressed before being transferred to French barriques, of which approximately forty percent were new. The Rachel Pinot Noir went through natural malolactic fermentation during fifteen months spent maturing in barrel, before being bottled unfiltered and without fining.The finished wine has an alcohol of 14 percent, pH of 3.68, and 7.87g/L titratable acid. |
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| The Sorting Table, LLC 1700 Second St. Suite 380 Napa, CA 94559 (707) 603-1460 |
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