Aperture Sauvignon Blanc 2022 (Sonoma County, California) - [WA 95] [WS 94] [JD 94] [DM 93] [JS 92] [WE 90]

Notes from the Winemaker: The 2022 Sauvignon Blanc incorporates our estate-grown sémillion and sauvignonmusqué, that we planted on the Aperture property in 2019. These two estate blockswere hand-harvested in early Stepember at the same time as the Sauvignon Blancfrom Farrow Ranch in Geyserville. The Sauvignon Blanc from Dry Stack Vineyard inthe Bennett Valley AVA was brought to the winery in early October, consistent withthis vineyard’s unique late-ripening characteristics. Basing the pressure on the acid measurements, we lightly whole cluster press thefruit to a stainless steel tank where we let the juice chill at 50°F. After three days,we clean-rack it to a smaller tank leaving the heavy sediment behind. Three dayslater,fermentation starts naturally and keeps below 56°F until 18 brix when wetransfer the young wine to barrels. There, it spends the remaining time on lees untiljust before bottling. Once transferred to barrel, the wine is placed in our cold barrelroom to keep fermentatio