2022 Pinot Noir STA Rita Hills Sandhi

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About 2022 Pinot Noir STA Rita Hills Sandhi:

It has an alluring perfume of raspberry, strawberry, tea leaves, tobacco, potpourri and gravel dust

Tasting Notes:

The light-bodied palate has a deep core of spicy, herbal fruit, a frame of chalky tannins, energetic acidity and a long, layered finish.

Harvest Date:

2022

Winemaking Notes:

The 2022 Pinot Noir Sta. Rita Hills comes from declassified fruit grown at Domaine de la Côte, plus purchased fruit from three other vineyards, including La Rinconada.

The Story Behind The Winery:

The first vineyard in the region, Sanford & Benedict, planted in 1971. But, until 1997, Wes Hagen and his group of merry marauders could be seen tromping through the hills of the valley taking soil samples, studying elevation levels, and compiling data on degree days.

Spearheaded by Richard Sanford, Bryan Babcock, Rick Longoria and other local SRH pioneers. The Alliance spent time studying maps, discussing boundaries and gathering data to submit an AVA Petition in late 1997.

The miracle of the region’s microclimate began about 20 million years ago during the Miocene Epoch. The marine sediment deposited deep under the Pacific Ocean.

Due to tectonic plate movements, mountains rose out of the ocean in a north-south orientation and our valley was formed through the shifting and moving of these mountains.

Over a timespan of twelve million years. The mountains broke from the plate and turned clockwise, creating the most clearly delineated transverse range, from Alaska to Chile, on the Pacific Coast.