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Clos Pepe Estate Pinot Noir(2005)

CLOS PEPE VINEYARD - Sta Rita Hills At Clos Pepe, as elsewhere in 2005, we had a really large potential crop and lots of vine vigor, so considerable effort was spent in the vineyard. We carefully went through adjusting the crop to get an even amount of fruit on each vine and just the right amount of sunlight on each cluster. Numerous passes had to be made to get it right; however, by late summer the vineyard looked better than ever before. And on September 1st we picked the first half of the vineyard at slightly under 24 brix. The weather was so mild we were able to wait until September 17th to pick the other read more...