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| Reference | Vintage / size | Price / bottle | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Producer priceRecommended retail price | 2024 / 750ml | $48.00≈ €42.71 · £36.08 | www.freemanwinery.com ↗ |
2024 Technical Specifications
Drinking Window From release through 2038
Region Russian River Valley
Sites 60% Gloria Estate, 21% Pratt, 19% KR Ranch
Grape Clone Gloria Estate: Calera, Swan, Pommard, Dijon 115 and Martini; Pratt: Swiss 2A (Wadenswil) and Dijon 777; KR Ranch: Swiss 23 and Dijon 777
Fermentation Vessels Open-top fermenters
Pressing Method Free-Run Juice Was Sent Directly To Barrel; Press Wine Was Settled And Barreled Separately.
Maceration 5 days
Oak Details 14% First Fill New Oak
First Fill New Oak14%
Oak Types French oak
Bottling Date August 2025
Production Details Hand-punched down one to three times daily. Matured 11 months in French oak: 14% new, 7% one-year-old, 7% three-year-old and 72% neutral. Production was 917 cases of 750 ml bottles.
Tasting Notes Dark ruby; wild blackberries, anise and cloves; ripe berries, ample acidity, moderate tannins and a long finish.
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2023 Technical Specifications
Drinking Window Late 2025 through 2037
Region Russian River Valley
Harvest Dates Picking started during the final days of September 2023.
Sites 55% Gloria Estate, 30% KR Ranch, 15% Pratt
Grape Clone Gloria Estate: Calera, Swan, Pommard, Dijon 115 and Martini; KR Ranch: Swiss 23 and Dijon 777; Pratt: Swiss 2A and Dijon 777
Fermentation Vessels Open-top fermenters
Pressing Method Free-Run Juice Was Sent Directly To Barrel; Press Wine Was Settled And Barreled Separately.
Maceration 5 days
Oak Details 3% First Fill New Oak
First Fill New Oak3%
Oak Types French oak
Bottling Date August 2024
Production Details Hand-punched down one to three times daily. Matured 11 months in French oak: 3% new, 38% one-year-old, 14% two-year-old, 14% three-year-old and 31% neutral. Production was 673 cases of 750 ml bottles.
Tasting Notes Deeply colored; blackberry compote, matsutake mushrooms and sandy loam; pronounced acidity, ripe fruit and firm finishing tannins.
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2022 Technical Specifications
Drinking Window 2024 through 2035
Region Russian River Valley
Harvest Dates Harvest began at Gloria Estate on August 19, 2022; most Pinot Noir had been picked before the Labor Day heat wave.
Sites 89% Gloria Estate, 11% Pratt
Grape Clone Gloria Estate: Calera, Swan, Pommard, Dijon 115 and Martini; Pratt: Dijon 777 and Swiss 2A (Wadenswil)
Fermentation Vessels Open-top fermenters
Pressing Method Free-Run Juice Was Sent Directly To Barrel; Press Wine Was Settled And Barreled Separately.
Maceration 5 days
Oak Details 4% First Fill New Oak
First Fill New Oak4%
Oak Types French oak
Bottling Date August 2023
Production Details Hand-punched down one to three times daily. Matured 11 months in French oak: 4% new, 15% one-year-old, 4% two-year-old and 77% neutral. Production was 590 cases of 750 ml and 20 cases of 1.5 L bottles.
Tasting Notes Clear, dark and youthful with purple rim; ripe strawberry, raspberry, fresh loam and mint; full-bodied, firm tannins, bright acidity and a long finish.
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2021 Technical Specifications
Drinking Window Mid-2023 through 2032
Region Russian River Valley
Harvest Dates Picking started in late August 2021 in Green Valley and finished just after Labor Day with Pratt Vineyard.
Sites 47% Gloria Estate, 35% Pratt, 18% KR Ranch
Grape Clone Gloria Estate: Calera, Swan, Pommard, Dijon 115 and Martini; Pratt: Dijon 777 and Swiss 2A (Wadenswil); KR Ranch: Swiss 23 (Mariafeld) and Dijon 777
Fermentation Vessels Open-top fermenters
Pressing Method Free-Run Juice Was Sent Directly To Barrel; Press Wine Was Settled And Barreled Separately.
Maceration 5 days
Oak Details 32% First Fill New Oak
First Fill New Oak32%
Oak Types French oak
Bottling Date July 2022
Production Details Hand-punched down one to three times daily. Matured 11 months in French oak: 32% new, 4% one-year-old, 8% two-year-old, 18% three-year-old and 38% neutral. Production was 1,100 cases of 750 ml and 22 cases of 1.5 L bottles.
Tasting Notes Deep ruby; plums, holiday spices, wet leaves and earth; Bing cherries, pomegranates, mouthwatering acidity, subtle oak and tannins, and a long finish.
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2020 Technical Specifications
Drinking Window 2022 through 2032
Region Russian River Valley
Sites 100% Gloria Estate, Russian River Valley
Grape Clone 28% Pommard, 24% Dijon 115, 19% Swan, 19% Calera, 10% Martini
Fermentation Vessels Open-top fermenters
Pressing Method Free-Run Juice Was Sent Directly To Barrel; Press Wine Was Settled And Barreled Separately.
Maceration 5 days
Oak Details 15% First Fill New Oak
First Fill New Oak15%
Oak Types French oak
Bottling Date July 2021
Production Details Gloria Estate samples showed no detectable smoke taint before harvest; KR Ranch and Pratt fruit were excluded because the producer considered them too smoky. Hand-punched down one to three times daily. Matured 11 months in French oak: 15% new, 15% one-year-old, 26% two-year-old, 13% three-year-old and 31% neutral. Production was 900 cases of 750 ml bottles.
Tasting Notes Bright ruby; fresh plums, red licorice, subtle oak, cedar and dried flowers; vibrant fruit, acidity, firm tannins and a long, refreshing finish.
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2019 Technical Specifications
Drinking Window End of 2021 through 2030
Region Russian River Valley
Harvest Dates All fruit was harvested during September 2019.
Sites 57% Gloria Estate, 31% KR Ranch, 12% Pratt
Grape Clone Gloria Estate included Calera, Swan, Pommard and Dijon 115; KR Ranch supplied Swiss 23 and Dijon 777; Pratt supplied Dijon 777 and Swiss 2A.
Fermentation Vessels Open-top fermenters
Pressing Method Free-Run Juice Was Sent Directly To Barrel; Press Wine Was Settled And Barreled Separately.
Maceration 5 days
Oak Details 28% First Fill New Oak
First Fill New Oak28%
Oak Types French oak
Bottling Date August 2020
Production Details Hand-punched down one to three times daily. Matured 11 months in French oak: 28% new, 18% one-year-old, 8% two-year-old, 17% three-year-old and 29% neutral. Production was 880 cases of 750 ml and 20 cases of 1.5 L bottles.
Tasting Notes Bright, deep black-cherry color; rhubarb, blackberries, wild mushrooms and wet earth; full fruit, slight reduction, berries, high acidity and a long finish.
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2018 Technical Specifications
Drinking Window Through 2026
Region Russian River Valley
Harvest Dates All Pinot Noir was harvested during September 2018.
Sites 45% Gloria Estate, 28% Pratt, 27% KR Ranch
Grape Clone Gloria Estate included Calera, Swan, Pommard, Dijon 115 and Martini.
Fermentation Vessels Open-top fermenters
Pressing Method Free-Run Juice Was Sent Directly To Barrel; Press Wine Was Settled And Barreled Separately.
Maceration 5 days
Oak Details 20% First Fill New Oak
First Fill New Oak20%
Oak Types French oak
Bottling Date July 2019
Production Details Hand-punched down one to three times daily. Matured 10 months in French oak: 20% new, 14% one-year-old, 20% two-year-old, 11% three-year-old and 35% neutral. Production was 1,012 cases of 750 ml and 30 cases of 1.5 L bottles.
Tasting Notes Medium-dark ruby; ripe plums and earth; soft, rich palate with balanced acidity, spicy Pinot berries, watermelon and a long, acid-driven finish.
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2017 Technical Specifications
Drinking Window Late 2019 through 2026
Region Russian River Valley
Sites 54% Gloria Estate, 17% KR Ranch, 17% Pratt, 12% Carricola
Grape Clone The narrative says all five Gloria Estate clones were represented; the separate specifications table lists 50% clone 23 and 50% Dijon 777, which is not reconciled with the multi-vineyard narrative.
Fermentation Vessels Open-top fermenters
Pressing Method Free-Run Juice Was Sent Directly To Barrel; Press Wine Was Settled And Barreled Separately.
Maceration 5 days
Oak Details 14% First Fill New Oak
First Fill New Oak14%
Oak Types French oak
Production Details Hand-punched down one to three times daily. Matured 10 months in French oak: 14% new, 16% one-year-old, 20% two-year-old, 26% three-year-old and 24% neutral. Production was 1,140 cases of 750 ml and 22 cases of 1.5 L bottles. The page reports bottling as July 7, 2017, a date incompatible with a normal post-harvest bottling of the 2017 vintage; it is retained here only as an apparent source error and not proposed as the canonical bottling date.
Tasting Notes Deep berry aromas with a cooler spicy aspect after aeration; balanced fruit, acidity and ripe tannins, with persistent black-cherry flavors.
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2016 Technical Specifications
Drinking Window Late 2018 through 2025
Region Russian River Valley
Harvest Dates Harvest started in late August 2016.
Sites 36% Gloria Estate, 23% Pratt, 17% KR Ranch, 15% Sweetwater Springs, 9% Carricola
Fermentation Vessels Open-top fermenters
Pressing Method Free-Run Juice Was Sent Directly To Barrel; Press Wine Was Settled And Barreled Separately.
Maceration 5 days
Oak Details 26% First Fill New Oak
First Fill New Oak26%
Oak Types French oak
Bottling Date July 7, 2017
Production Details Hand-punched down one to three times daily. Matured 10 months in French oak: 26% new, 16% one-year-old, 23% two-year-old, 19% three-year-old and 16% four-year-old. Production was 980 cases of 750 ml and 22 cases of 1.5 L bottles.
Tasting Notes Earthiness and black cherry with floral and riper Pinot elements; lush, round palate and comparatively lower acidity.
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2015 Technical Specifications
Drinking Window 2018 through 2026
Region Russian River Valley
Harvest Dates The producer describes its earliest harvest on record, occurring across August and September 2015.
Sites Keefer Ranch, Pratt Vineyard and Connell Vineyard; percentages were not stated.
Grape Clone Keefer Ranch: clone 23 and Dijon 777; Pratt: clone 2A; Connell: Pommard, Dijon 115 and Dijon 667
Fermentation Vessels Open-top fermenters
Pressing Method Free-Run Juice Was Sent Directly To Barrel; Press Wine Was Settled And Barreled Separately.
Maceration 5 days
Oak Details 29% First Fill New Oak
First Fill New Oak29%
Oak Types French oak
Bottling Date August 2, 2016
Production Details Hand-punched down one to three times daily. Matured 11 months in French oak: 29% new, 14% one-year-old, 43% two-year-old and 14% three-year-old. Production was 308 cases of 750 ml and 15 cases of 1.5 L bottles.
Tasting Notes Muted wood strawberry, raspberry and wild-mushroom aromas; lush fruit followed by firm structure and a subtle, very long finish.
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