Vintage Notes: The winter was warm, budbreak was early and 2016 never looked back—bloom, veraison, and harvest all early records, beginning harvest in August and done before October. Although early, the growing season wasn’t as hot as the prior three, but still in the same new, warm norm. Fruit is fully ripe, with moderate alcohols, and good overall acidity.

Tasting Notes: This Pinot welcomes you with notes of cranberry, dusty wild raspberry, rose petal, violet & hints of vanilla bean. Silky fine tannins land mid-palate and the long finish is perfumed by currant, forest floor, clove, sweet cherries, and hints of pepper.

AVA Dundee Hills vineyards 88% Rambouillet Vineyard 12% Lillie’s Vineyard clonal selection 42% Pommard 32% Dijon 777 19% Dijon 828 7% Dijon 115 cellar 10 Months 41% New French Oak 16% 1 year French Oak 28% 2 year French Oak 16% Neutral Oak cases produced 1026 winemaker Lynn Penner-Ash