Westrey Pinot noir Reserve 07
Westrey Reserve Pinot noir 07 is the winery's top wine. It is made from the best barrels from several vineyards. A veritable fruit salad of rich red and black berries and stone fruit greets the taster. Silky tannins and top notes of vanilla and spice add even more complexity and interest. Amazing wine at a more than fair price.
From the winery:
The wine displays intense raspberry, pie cherry and spice aromas. These aromas are complemented by red currents, vanilla sweetness, coffee from the oak, and a predominant floral character. On the palate the wine is mouth-filling and supple, possessing rich fruit and enough acidity in the long finish to make a balanced and complete wine.
The Reserve barrels were carefully chosen for their expression of their vineyard of origin and their aging potential. In 2007 the wine is a blend of 20% Justice Vineyard (Dijon clone 777, 100% free run), 40% Oracle Vineyard (Dijon 777, 115 & Old Vine Pommard), 20% Abbey Ridge Vineyard (Coury clone), and 20% Momtazi Vineyard (Dijon clone 115).
At harvest the individual lots were given an approximately five-day cold-soak prior to fermentation. Each lot fermented separately with a combination of indigenous yeast and a strain of yeast isolated in Burgundy. The fermentation lasted an average of 14 days for each, and pressing occurred at dryness. At pressing, the wine was sent directly to barrel to maintain a maximum amount of lees. There it completed an indigenous malo-lactic fermentation. In May it received an inert gas racking from barrel to barrel.
The finished wine was bottled in late September, without fining or filtration, to allow the wine’s character to fully show through. The 2007 blend was aged in 25% new wood and 20% one-year old, with the balance coming from neutral wood. 247 cases produced.
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