This Pinot Gris is from the Delfino vineyard in the Sierra Foothills, just outside of Placerville. A tiny little parcel on pinkish, rocky soils, we only made 77 cases of this wine in 2014.
Fruit was hand harvested and whole cluster pressed without addition of sulfur. After a racking off of juice lees, the wine went through a native fermentation in older barrels. Malolactic fermentation was arrested to preserve acid and the wine was bottled without addition of fining agents.
The Pinot Gris is showing some slight tropical fruit notes on the nose, with a weighty palate. The wine is bone dry, but has a slight impression of sweetness that develops into some exotic spice on the finish.
