2016 Maori Point Pinot Noir

GROWING SEASON Early spring frosts damaged some vines and cool temperatures affected flowering, thus reducing crop levels. Yet after the cold start, the summer was dry and warm. Late summer sugar accumulation was gradual, and grapes were small and concentrated. Harvest occurred April 13th to 26th.   VINEYARD AND WINERY PRACTICES We believe wine should express where and when it is grown and made. We follow organic principles then proceed further, nurturing the soil and indigenous microflora by making our own compost and planting native vegetation. Vine pruning, leaf pulling, straightening shoots, and harvesting are all by hand. Twelve to sixteen different areas of the vineyard are harvested and fermented individually. Small fermentations by native yeasts, worked by hand and exposed to ambient temperatures, articulate different facets of vineyard and vintage, which we then follow through maturation in barrel. Malolactic fermentation occurs naturally during the eleven months the wine is i