2020 Pinot Noir Reserve

Tasting Notes

This medium bodied wine opens with a nose of tart cherry, fresh strawberry, cedar, and rich, heavy cream. The palate follows suit; black and red cherry mingles with savory buttercream. Raspberry leaf, and strawberry rub elbows with a hint of beef broth and shiitake mushroom.  Texturally you are greeted by supple tannins.

Best enjoyed at 53° - 60°f
Suggested drink window: now - 2027 - 2032+

Winemaking

• 100% Pinot Noir

• Estate grown

• 78% Damiani Vineyard, 22% Davis Vineyard

• Soil: Howard and Lansing gravely silt loam & Lordstown channery silt loam

• Hand harvested September 17th

• Unfined & unfiltered

• Vegan

• Certified New York Sustainable Winegrowing

• Brix: 22.0° • TA: 5.3 g/L • pH: 3.68 • RS: 0.1% • ABV: 13.3% • Bottled: 7/27/2021

• Cases Produced: 111

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2020 Vintage Notes

2020 was a winemaker's dream, a vintage of idyllic growing conditions in the Finger Lakes. Expect to see extremely high-quality wines that show concentration, complexity, silky tannins, and the varietal specificity for which we are known.

During the growing season we experienced gorgeous warm days and heat in timely doses. The heat produced the right amount of moisture stress (read lack of rain) to keep the fruit slightly dehydrated and the consequent flavor development of the skins and pulp lent a complexity to the juices that are playing out in the wines.

Winemakers Phil and Lauren crafted truly remarkable wines that will show well early, but will have the depth of character to age gracefully.