BIG FIRE PINOT NOIR
COLORS
pale, medium ruby
AROMAS
red cherry, strawberry candy, orange pekoe, balsam fir/forest floor, dried flowers, and cinnamon
FLAVORS
strawberry pie coming out of the oven, black tea, floral, fennel, with a touch of white pepper
STRUCTURE
subtle tannins with medium weight. Round palate with soft acid
Food Pairing Ideas
- Roasted Chicken with Herbs de Provence
- Grilled Lamb Burgers
- Pasta with Roasted Cauliflower and Hazelnuts
We destemmed this fruit into one-ton fermenters in Mid-October 2017. We then inoculated with our proprietary concoction of cultivated yeast and fermented the wine to approximately 5 brix. Then it was delestaged (a kind of rack and return that softens tannins) and eventually pressed to tank 7 days later. We let this settle for 4 days, inoculated for malolactic fermentation and then racked the wine into 5-year-old neutral French oak barrels. We made the final vineyard blend II months later.
It was racked from barrels back to barrels three times before bottling.
TECH SPECS:
Alc: 13.5%, TA: 5.5 g/L
pH: 3.59, RS: <0.2 (dry)
COMPOSITION:
100% Pinot Noir
VINEYARDS:
67 % Courting Hill Vineyard (Willamette Vallry AVA), 13% Tukwilla Vineyard (Dundee Hills AVA), 17% PAV Vineyard (McMinnville AVA), 3% Riverside Vineyard (McMinnville AVA)
CASES PRODUCED:
8000
2017 BIG FIRE PINOT NOIR
$19/bottle
Wine Club members enjoy 15% to 20% Savings
2017 BIG FIRE VINEYARD INFORMATION
APPELLATION
Willamette Valley, Dundee Hills, McMinnville
COMPOSITION
100% Pinot Noir
VINEYARDS
67 % Courting Hill Vineyard (Willamette Vallry AVA), 13% Tukwilla Vineyard (Dundee Hills AVA), 17% PAV Vineyard (McMinnville AVA), 3% Riverside Vineyard (McMinnville AVA)
ELEVATION
Varies
SOIL
Varies
CLIMATE
Varies
