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Pinot Noir Cuvée Classé Willamette

VARIETAL
Pinot Noir (Pommard, Wadenswil, Dijon clones)

NOTES
VINEYARD: Belle Pente Estate Vineyard (65%), Yamhill-Carlton: marine sedimentary soil, planted in 1998 and 1999. Murto Vineyard (35%), Dundee Hills: volcanic soils, planted in 1978 and 1986.

VINIFICATION: Hand-harvested September 20-October 7. Ninety percent de-stemmed, 5-8 day cold-soak. Fermented with vineyard-propagated, ambient, and selected BRG yeast strains. Punched down by hand twice/day in 1.25 and 2.5 ton fermenters. Free-run and light-press wine directly to new French oak (Remond, Sirugue, and Francois Freres - 20%); one-two year-old (20%); three-five year-old (60%). Eighteen months barrel aging with one racking (barrel to tank for bottling). Gravity-bottled unfined and unfiltered on July 14-15, 2020
644 cases produced

TASTING NOTES: This is a brand new wine for the 2018 vintage, a blend of 26 reserve quality barrels. These barrels were "de-classified" from the single vineyard bottlings to create what Brian is calling a "Super Willamette" blend from these two great vineyards in the top appellations in the valley.