2021 Crowley, Pinot Noir Four Winds 750ml
2021 Crowley, Pinot Noir Four Winds 750ml
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From the Distributor, Elevage:
We farm Four Winds and thus know the site intimately and impart our own extra love and attention to grow the finest grapes we can for both Pinot Noir and our Chardonnay program. Our most feminine and pure wines come from this site and the pinot noir is always light and lovely and the epitome of elegant. Only the best barrels make it to this wine and it always disappears fast.
Winemaking Information
100% destemmed 10-12 day cold soak Native fermentation, approx. 20 days in tank, 40% pump over Pressed and settled 24-48 hrs. Barreled 14 months, 1 months stainless No new oak Full malolactic fermentation, no inoculation.
Vineyard Information
Four Winds was planted in 1990 to Pommard clone Pinot Noir (4.374 acres). Elevation is 800 feet and south facing. Own rooted and dry farmed. Appellation and soil: This vineyard is located in the McMinnville Coast Range. The soils have a volcanic origin, primarily Saum, related to Nekia with a strip of Jory running through the edge of the vineyard. They are made up of a rocky base of weathered basalt that was covered by wind-blown (colluvial) loam, which was derived from eroded basalt higher up in the coast range. As compared to other appellations in the Willamette Valley, these soils are uniquely shallow for wine growing with low total available moisture. The resulting wines have pronounced leanness and mineral tones.
