By focusing solely on Pinot Noir from the most prestigious vineyard sites in California and Oregon, and by vinifying each barrel separately by lot, clone, yeast and cooper, we champion individuality of place and intensity of flavor in each wine we produce.
Release Date: March 2008
Cases Produced: 490
Winemakers' Comments
The Rosella’s Vineyard is one of our
more famous vineyards and a source that you would think we are extremely happy with.
And, in fact, the grapes have been superb but we have often felt that our resulting wines
have not always reflected the high quality of the fruit. In other words, we have underperformed
here at winemakers.
In 2006 we made a very concerted effort to rectify that situation. We bled off more juice in
an attempt to concentrate the wines, we increased the use of whole clusters in the fermentation,
we employed different barrel types, and we were extremely strict in the barrel selection
with only 38% of the barrels making the cut for this wine.
This effort seemed to pay off as this wine is our finest Rosella’s Pinot Noir to date. A
blend of Pisoni clone, Dijon clones 777 and 828, and Pommard clone this wine was aged
for 10 months in 80% new French oak before being bottled without fining or filtration.
Connoisseurs’ Guide to California Wine called it “a classy and complete package that
ranks among Siduri’s best efforts in 2006” and awarded the wine a 93 point rating.
- Adam & Dianna Lee
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Santa Lucia Highland Pinot Noirs are very often defined by their ripeness and weight, and, while this bottling is lacking in neither, it is the wine's
balance and sense of real polish that sets it apart.
Velvety smooth, yet with a fine spine of acid, it is
everywhere keyed on youthful cherry-like fruit and is
filled in with mildly creamy oak at every stop. A
classy and complete package that ranks among Siduri's
best efforts in 2006, it is at once irresistible now
and seems likely to gain still further refinement with
time.
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