Colene Clemens Pinot Noir Victoria 2014

Victoria is Colene Clemen’s daughter and our co-founder. Designed to represent the highest expression of the Colene Clemens Estate Vineyard in each vintage, this stunning Pinot noir is artfully blended from a small number of very best barrels and most distin-guished vineyard blocks. It opens with intense aromas of deep, dark red fruit, sweet spice, and sandalwood. The palate voluptuous, dark-fruited, supple, persistent, & a long, pleas-urable finish. This powerful wine will reward you after ten to fifteen years in the cellar.

Winemaking:

Our earliest vintage to date, we harvested between September 15th and October 5th. The fruit was 100% de-stemmed into small stainless steel tanks and begins with a 4-5 day cold soak. Following this, tanks are gently warmed, and fermentation by indigenous yeast begins and proceeds for 10-14 days. During primary fermentation, the tanks are gently punched down by hand twice daily. Once fermentation is complete, we allow for 5-7 days of extended maceration in tank before we drain the tanks and press the skins, stems, and seeds very gently to procure the remaining juice. Both the free run juice and pressed juice then go directly to barrel without settling. After 11 months in French oak—40% new; 40% 1-year old; 20% 2-year old—the wine is then blended and bottled.