Racines Santa Rita Hills Pinot Noir 2019

Racines Santa Rita Hills Pinot Noir

Region: California, USA

Vintage: 2019

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Pinot Noir

ABV: 13%

An attractive wine, with flavours of sweet, dried cherry, mint, tobacco and sage. A savoury style of Pinot Noir, with plenty of aromatic presence, and plenty of fruit in the background.

The grapes were grown from various sites that lie on the Santa Rosa Road corridor of the Santa Rita Hills. The vineyards include La Mesa, La Encantada, La Rinconada and Sanford & Benedict vineyard and they have varying soil types, from sandy loam, clay loam, chert and shale.

On average 50% whole cluster was retained during fermentation using native yeasts. Fermentation was managed by using foulage and pigeage for approximately three weeks before the wine was placed into 228L barriques. Ageing then took place over 18 months in approximately 15% new French oak.

Racines is a collaboration between Étienne de Montille of Domaine de Montille in Volnay and American-born winemaker Brian Sieve. A combination of world-famous vineyards and world-class winemaking makes this one of California’s most exciting, modern winemaking projects.

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