R. STUART & CO. AUTOGRAPH PINOT NOIR
Each year, Rob selects his absolute favorite lots of Pinot noir in the cellar and expertly blends them into the wine that is our crowning prize for that vintage – we call it Autograph. Comprised of many of the Pinots we bottle as single vineyard designates, Autograph brings them all together in what we like to call “the whole symphony”.
When the fruit comes in from the vineyard to the winery, the first thing we do is destem it – without crushing – into small I-ton fermenters. We use proprietary yeast, which we’ve cultured from that year’s vineyard samples. Using strains from our many vineyards gives us some complexity. Later in the fermentation process, we delestage (a kind of rack and return). The result is large, soft tannins – just the kind we like. We rarely use new oak in our cellar as we much prefer the gentle aging achieved with neutral French oak. In addition our reserve wines are never filtered.
Our goal for each wine is just the right amount of soft tannins, balances with luscious fruit and bright acidity.
Alc: 14.0%, TA: 5.0 g/L
pH: 3.59, RS: <0.2 (dry)
100% Pinot Noir
Daffodil Hill, Hirschy, Lazy River, Weber, Menefee
Willamette Valley
154
2017 AUTOGRAPH PINOT NOIR
$60/bottle
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2017 AUTOGRAPH VINEYARD INFORMATION
8% Menefee, 8% Weber
Marine Sediment
