Pinot Noir, Mendocino Comptche, Father John W. - 2017

Provenance: California
Appellation: California
Domain: Nicholas Maloney
Grape variety(ies): Pinot noir
On-call time: 20 years
Style of wine: Vin de grand terroir
Alcohol degree: 12.5%

This pinot comes from an ungrafted vine, essentially a clone of Pommard, located 10 km from the sea, on the edge of an isolated valley, surrounded by sequoias and bordered by the Albion River, which provides a rather exceptional temperate climate. Moreover, it has been cultivated by the same family since 1870! Vinified 100% in whole bunches, aged in barrels, it is an assertive wine, structured but with an enormous finesse that is not unlike that of a Gevrey-Chambertin.

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Technique

Oenology

After manual harvesting, the grapes are macerated at low temperature for three days, then pumped over at a temperature limited to 25°. They are vatted in whole bunches. The wine is then aged for 11 months on the lees in French oak barrels of various origins with only 20% new wood. A single racking is carried out before bottling, which takes place without fining or filtration.