2011 Technical Specifications
Alcohol 12.5%
Grape Varieties 100% Petit Verdot
Drinking Window Six to eight years from June 2013
Region Santa Cruz Mountains
Harvest Dates 1 Nov 2011
Brix at Harvest 22.8°
Estate Grown Yes
Sites Olivos and LeVasseur parcels of the historic Torre vineyard, within the Monte Bello estate vineyard
Indigenous Yeast Yes
Malolactic Fermentation 100%
Oak Details 100% First Fill New Oak
First Fill New Oak100%
Oak Types American oak
Contains Added Sulfites Yes
Production Details Estate-grown grapes were hand-harvested, destemmed and sorted. The fruit was 100% destemmed but left uncrushed for whole-berry fermentation and pressed after seven days. Fermentation used native yeasts, followed by full malolactic fermentation with naturally occurring bacteria. The wine matured for twenty months in 100% new, air-dried American-oak barrels. Sulfur additions were reported as 35 ppm initially at crush and 78 ppm over the course of aging; these are addition figures, not finished-wine sulfite analysis. The wine was pad-filtered at bottling. The season had 36 inches of above-average rainfall, late-June bloom, and a cool summer and fall.
Tasting Notes Producer winemaker note dated June 2013: saturated ruby, with espresso, roasted meat, savory herbs, violets and dark chocolate; blueberry, blackcurrant, fennel and black-olive flavors; medium body, silky tannins and a persistent finish.
Producer Information
Website
Address
17100 Montebello Road, Cupertino, CA 95014-5435, USA
Phone
+1 408.867.3233
Owner
Private ownership (founding families)
Cellarmaster
John Olney (Head Winemaker & CEO)