2015 Thale's Vineyard

96 Points: Wine Review Online

94 Points: Wine Enthusiast

93 Points: Wine Advocate

The 2015 growing season was marked with low yields and warm weather. Blocks A, D, F2, and G went into this Pinot Noir and were picked on different days from August 19th to September 3rd, of 2015. The fruit was ripe and pristine when it came through our doors.

Our Thale’s Vineyard is located in the northernmost part of the Russian River Valley in an area known as the Middle Reach. Named after Steve MacRostie’s wife, Thale (pronounced Thay-lee), this has been MacRostie’s estate vineyard since 2013. The roughly fourteen-acre property is partitioned and planted as eleven different blocks. Each block varies in clone, aspect, soil type, and year planted, offering great complexity within our estate property.

• composition:

  100% Pinot Noir

• alcohol: 14.3%
• bottling date: 08/01/2016
• aging:

  Aged 12 months in French oak, 37% new

• fermentation:

  Gently destemmed into open-top fermenters; three-day cold soak; cap management included pump-overs & punch-downs