Growing Conditions

2011 in Napa Valley was a challeging season, with cooler temperatures and October rain. We were fortunate to pick the day
before the rain, and again at the end of the month after a second heat spike that provided ideal ripening. This resulted in an
opportunity to creat a stellar wine with soft tannins yet strong structure. While the 2011 is approachable early, it has a
delightfuly delicate nose, tastes of red and black fruits, chocolate, and attractive charcoal, and should cellar well into the
next decade.

Vineyard: Pellet Estate.

Bottling

Bottled Aug. 21, 2013.

Winemaking

We hand sorted our grapes both prior to and after de-stemming, and following a four day whole berry maceration and cold
soak, we began primary fermentation. After nearly three weeks, the wine was gently pressed-off.

Aging

Racked to the finest 36
month-aged tight grain French Oak barrels to complete a slow secondary fermentation for another few months. After 20
months in barrel, we blended the final wine at the beginning of June and returned the wine to barrel for an additional two
months to allow the flavors and components of the individual varietals to marry.