"RSV’s organically farmed Three Amigos Vineyard is a stone’s throw from the Napa Marina. It is a cool, foggy, and breezy location… everything that Pinot Noir loves. The beautiful vintage of 2012 provided delicious fruit. The long growing season allowed the fruit to slowly ripen… so slowly that it was the last vineyard of Pinot Noir picked for the season. The fruit was night harvested for arrival at the cellar door bright and fresh at dawn. Fermented on feral yeast, hand punched and aged in French oak, the wine was created by only choosing the most expressive lots from the Three Amigos. It is arguably one of the most expressive Pinot Noirs produced by RSV." More at RobertSinskey.com
Robert Sinskey Pinot Noir "Three Amigos Vineyard"
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Specifications
Winery | Robert Sinskey Vineyards |
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Varieties | 100% Pinot Noir (heirloom selections and French clones) |
Farming Practices | certified CCOF organic grapes / practicing biodynamic |
Soils | clay |
Hectares/Acres | 51 acres |
Harvest Technique | hand harvested at night |
Year Vines Were Planted | early 1980's |
Yeast | ambient |
Fermentation | destemmed and sent to open-top fermenters with hand punch-downs / barreled down once dry |
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Maturation | in French oak barrels (30% new) for 12 months / only the most expressive lots from Three Amigos are selected for this bottling |
Filter | yes |
Fining | yes |
Alcohol | 13-14% |
Item No | T06481-12 |
Size | 750ML |
Bottle Case | 6 |
Country | United States |
Region | California |
Sub-region | Napa Valley |
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