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All Products • Red • Summer Release • Pinot Noir 2023 Long Élevage

Pinot Noir 2023 Long Élevage

100% Pinot noir · Dry Farmed • Hawkeye Ranch • Redwood Valley · 113 cases

Planted in the 1960s, these dry-farmed vines show us what’s possible with Mendocino fruit. You’re hiking the hills of coastal California: warm Bay Laurel scented breeze, intoxicating with its almost menthol-like quality, homemade red candies, in-season cherries and the slightly dusty warmth of a cedar sauna.

750 ml , 12.5% ABV

Enjoy With

Beef carpaccio, raclette, anything served with cornichons. Order the pickle plate for the table and tuck in.

Drink When

You want to warm the hearth with old school California charm. Enchanting acidity keeps it real in the kitchen and the conversation.

"For most winemakers, the story of wine is the story of a landscape. Not so for Martha. After 14 consecutive harvests in California, she sees wine as the condition of being human. It’s the people, the relationships, the whole circuit of culture and values that tie grower and winemaker together. Or maybe it’s something she can’t quite put into words."

Sam Decker

Martha's Notes

The 2023 vintage from Hawkeye Ranch is truly exceptional, shaped by remarkably cool weather and an extended growing season. The unique climate at Pete Johnson’s vineyard in Redwood Valley, where overnight temperatures often drop 30 degrees (F) below daytime highs, allows for cool air to pool into the valley, providing natural relief to the vines during the hottest days. Dry farming techniques, combined with this vintage’s long season, have resulted in a deeply concentrated and flavorful expression of the 1960s-era vines, elegantly balancing California sunshine with restraint. Longer barrel élevage (2.5 years) allows for earthier tertiary notes to develop vs the 2023 Pinot (bottled after 10 months in barrel).

Specifications

Vintage:

2023

Alcohol:

12.5%

Varietal:

100% Pinot noir

Vineyard:

Pinot noir from Hawkeye Ranch, Redwood Valley, Mendocino County; dry farmed (non-irrigated), practicing organic vineyard; gravelly loam soils.

Vinification Notes:

Whole clusters (stems intact) of Pinot noir sealed in a tank (semi-carbonic maceration). After opening the tank, a mixture of punchdowns and pumpovers were used to gently extract tannin and then pressed prior to dryness. The wine aged on fine lees in neutral oak barrique for 30 months before bottling. Unfined. Gently filtered. Sediment expected (not cold stabilized).

Serving Temp:

Cellar // 55-60°F // 13-16°C // This bottle should be cold to the touch, but not frosty.

At Bottling:

(March 2026): 12.5% alc/vol · Free SO2 31 mg/L, Total SO2 65 mg/L · All wines are vegan

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