Nose
The 2015 Stormin’ is an intensely perfumed wine with ripe raspberry,
sandalwood and baking spices on the nose.
Palate
This opulent nose is mirrored on the dense but re ned palate with sumptuous avors of brambly berry, espresso bean and dark chocolate. This is a wine that will evolve and unveil new layers as it ages in the bottle, or as it opens up in your glass.
Harvest
As the fourth excellent harvest in a row in Northern California, 2015 can be de ned as intense and short, with the earliest harvest recorded in many years. The intensity of this early harvest is mirrored in the concentration of the resulting wines. Stormin’ was picked in a single day on September 23rd.
Winemaking
Beginning with a ve-day cold soak, this wine utilized the slow-moving AMH yeast that effectively carried the fermentation for two weeks in tank. Punch-downs were performed one-to-three times daily to aid in the extraction of avors and color pro le desirable for Pinot Noir. Once fermentation was complete, the wine was racked into a blend and began its aging regime until bottling in the following winter.
Aging
16 months French oak, 59% new
