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Situated just below our own Nightwing Estate Vineyard, Gap’s Crown is planted on a southwest-facing slope with elevations ranging from 320 to 820 feet, and boasts some of the most sought-after fruit in Sonoma County.
An opulent violet-colored wine with lavish aromas and flavors, this Pinot Noir offer loads of black cherry and black currant aromas that jump out of the glass. Oak-imparted notes of cocoa powder and licorice give the wine a supporting base note to accompany the lifted fruit-forward aromas. Flavors of brown sugar and dried cherries linger on the finish.
The fruit was gently destemmed into small open-top fermenters using state-of-the-art equipment and procedures to avoid any pumping of the must. Inoculation with select yeast strains followed a three-day cold soak, and the caps were managed with a combination of pump-overs and punch-downs. After 10 months of ageing exclusively French oak barrels, 40% of which were new, 30% being once-used, we bottled on August 1st, 2023.
The 2022 vintage was impacted by a third consecutive year of drought that resulted in a reduction in yields from 10-30%. The growing season was temperate, keeping us on track or ahead of normal growth. Then we saw some heat spikes that prompted our first picks. Our grapes from Gap’s Crown were harvested from blocks planted to Clone 828. The fruit was harvested by hand overnight on September 12th, 2022.
Gap’s Crown Vineyard is situated on the base of Sonoma Mountain in the Petaluma Gap AVA, named for the Petaluma wind gap that allows wind and fog from the Pacific to flow further inland than almost any other place in Sonoma County. Situated just below our own Nightwing Estate Vineyard, Gap’s Crown is planted on a southwest-facing slope with elevations ranging from 320 to 820 feet, and boasts some of the most sought-after fruit in Sonoma County.
100% Pinot Noir
240 Cases
Aged 10 months in French oak, 40% new, 30% once-used
Gently destemmed into open-top fermenters; three-day cold soak; cap management included pump-overs & punch-downs
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