Cool Marine Air & Alluvial Terraces

At the gateway to the Mendocino coast, just 100 miles North of. San Francisco, is the premium wine region Anderson Valley, is the premium wine region Anderson Valley. Known for world class Pinot noir influenced by cool marine air and alluvial terraces, the diurnal shift here causes up to a 50* swing in temperature, creating some of California’s best Pinot noir.

VARIETAL Pinot noir

VITICULTURE
Sustainably Farmed

ABV 13.9%
TA 5.8 g/L
pH 3.58

VINIFICATION
The fruit was hand harvested and de-stemmed, then fermented in small batches with indigenous yeast. Post-fermentation it was moved to tank where it completed malolactic fermentation, and then matured in seasoned French oak Burgundy barrels for 16 mos.

WINEMAKER Leo Hansen, Leo Steen Wines