The 2021 Vintage had wonderful warm and mild weather during flowering and bloom leading to above average yields and good fruit cluster uniformity. The 2021 Cuve´e Owen Pinot Noir is a blend of 100% Pommard Clone fruit grown from two distinct blocks at our estate vineyard. This Pinot Noir is aged exclusively in zero percent new French oak with 1-5 year old barrels aging the wine for 10 months. This bright and earthy Pinot Noir showcases the unique soil and coastal climate as it highlights aromatics and flavors of cranberry, pomegranate, rhubarb and clove alongside a lingering wet stone minerality.
Wine Details
Harvest Date: September 25th – October 15th
Yield: 2.5 Tons Per Acre harvested by hand, night harvest.
Clone: Pommard
Ph: 3.68
Brix at Harvest: 21.5-23.7 Brix
Alcohol: 13%
Vinification: 80% Destemmed whole berry, with 20% Whole Cluster Fermentation. Long and cool fermentation over 14 days under 88 degrees, fermented in 1.5- 3 Ton open top tanks.
Yeast: 100% Native yeast
Oak: ZERO% New French Oak, with 1-5 year old mix Remond, Louis Latour and Ermitage Barrels.
Aged 10 Months in Barrel
Unfined and Unfiltered
Less than 350 cases produced
Winemaker: Garrett Bowlus
