Palate
The fruits are focused on black cherry and nearly ripe black plum (sweet, but crisp and not flabby).
Growing Conditions
For the third year in a row, there were no damaging weather events and fruit condition was excellent.
Harvest
Both Sunchase and Sonoma Stage are well regarded, cool climate Sonoma Coast vineyards and in 2014 both produced abundant, ripe, clean fruit. The resulting wine is reflective of the cooler climate sites and shows more restraint and more elegance than the 2013 Pinot Noir.
Winemaking
We continue to do relatively short fermentations with some whole cluster additions.
Aging
The wine was aged in Francois Freres and Rousseau barrels for 12 months.
