Sea Smoke Southing Pinot Noir Santa Rita Hills California, 2022, 750

Sea Smoke Southing Pinot Noir Santa Rita Hills California, 2022, 750 From the Winery: Winemaking: Hand-harvested, clusters were sorted in the vineyardand then gently destemmed following an evening in our cold room.All ‘jack stems’ were removed on the sorting table. Musts were coldsoaked in open-top fermenters for five days, and then inoculated withcultured yeasts to begin slow fermentation. Each tank was manuallypunched down two times per day, with a total maceration time of four-teen to eighteen days. Upon completion of primary fermentation andmaceration, all free run wine was transferred to tank for settling andthen pressed at extremely low pressure (0.08 bars) to avoid extractingbitterness. After settling overnight both free-run and press wines wereracked to barrels. Southing was bottled with no fining and no filtration. Character: Each year, our goal for Southing is to create the idealmarriage of complexity and elegance. The ever-changing nose of theSouthing exhibits fresh currant,