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2016 Yamhill Carlton Select Pinot Noir

2016 Yamhill Carlton Select Pinot Noir
Wine Specs
Vintage
2016
Appellation
Yamhill Carlton
Acid
0.525gr/100ml
pH
3.7
Bottling Date
April 25, 2017
Residual Sugar
< 0.2gr/100ml
Alcohol %
13
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Vintage 2016 

Started with a very wet winter, the result of a “Godzilla El Nino” with 50% more precipitation than average.  April was very warm with 8 days above 80° some reaching the upper 80’s. May fluctuated from cool to warm, with passing hailstorms, and finishing the month with temps above 100°. June to mid-July were cool; the second part of July, August and September brought many days in the low 90’s with average precipitations. The end of August saw younger vineyards and sparkling wine grapes being harvested.

 

Winemaker's notes. Tasted in 2018

The wine has a floral aroma of violets and roses followed by a hint of dark berries and lavender notes.  The flavors mirror these dark berry and cherry flavors with a touch of earthiness.  The lush texture is sweet and complimented by the spicy tannins and a complex finish of dark fruit and chocolate notes.

Wine Specs
Vintage
2016
Appellation
Yamhill Carlton
Acid
0.525gr/100ml
pH
3.7
Bottling Date
April 25, 2017
Residual Sugar
< 0.2gr/100ml
Alcohol %
13
Wine Profile
Vineyard Notes
This Yamhill-Carlton bottling comes from Winkler Vineyard on top of Mount Richmond in the Yamhill-Carlton AVA, between 650 and 700 feet elevation, the soil are basaltic, a mix of Jory, Bellpine and Ritner. Winkler Vineyard is 11.81 acres of Pinot Noir Dijon 115 and 777 and 3.31 acres of Pinot Blanc planted from 1997 to 2003.
Production Notes
Harvested on September 12, 20 and 21, the fruit was handpicked, sorted, destemmed, then fermented without whole clusters, in small 1.5 ton bins for 15 to 17 days before pressing. This blend is 76.47% Dijon 115 and 23.53% Dijon 777. The wine aged for 18 months in French oak barrels, 11.76% new oak, 11.76% one year old and the rest neutral. . The barrels were racked in April, after Malo-Lactic fermentation then again in August when the blend was put together before returning to neutral barrels until bottling. This wine was neither fined nor filtered.
Winemaker Notes
The 2015 growing season started with bud break in early April, following a mostly dry and mild winter that hardly had any snowpack in the mountains and triggered draught in the late summer. We experienced an early and dry spring as in 2013 and 2014 that followed a dry and warm February. The early, fast moving bloom started late May, and a really dry summer followed. By early August we knew harvest was going to start early, but September cooled down, allowing for great flavor development. Harvest at Torii Mor started September 12th and was in full swing by the 15th, all the way through October 5 for Willamette Valley fruit. The lack of rainfall during the summer didn’t manifest itself in the vineyards where the vines stayed green and healthy through harvest.