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It\u2019s early September and harvest is in full swing here in the Edna Valley. Because of the warm and dry winter and the early onset of bud break, we\u2019ve been ahead of schedule all season! In fact, a small lot of Pinot Noir was the first to be harvested, making it the first vintage in twelve years we\u2019ve processed red grapes before any of our white varietals. With that said, we still have about 85% of our Pinot Noir to bring in from the Twin Creeks vineyards this Friday! This will account for a good majority of our wine. (No doubt it comes as a surprise to many that Pinot Noir is our largest production wine with five different bottlings awaiting release for 2015.)<\/p>\n

\"Claiborne<\/a><\/p>\n

This 2014 harvest also marks the sixth official vintage of our \u201cClaiborne Vineyard\u201d Estate Riesling. At 4:30 am yesterday the crew started picking our 2 acre vineyard, which yielded a total of 5.8 tons. Though this wine might not be released until 2016, our 2012 Estate Riesling will be available later this month. We were privileged to have our friends in Fialta (@fialtamusic) use our Estate Riesling vineyard as a backdrop for footage in their new music video. \u00a0They were here at 5 am as the action was happening and crews were busy picking. Stay tuned for yet another great song and music video by one of our favorite local bands!<\/p>\n

\"Claiborne<\/a> \"Claiborne<\/a><\/p>\n

We now have 90% of our Riesling in and it\u2019s only the second week of September! This is in contrast to last year, where we did not start picking until early October \u2013 just another reminder of this year\u2019s early harvest. Heck, we might even wrap up harvest by the end of the month!<\/p>\n

As we continue with our traditional winemaking practices, our winemaker Coby has also decided to implement whole cluster fermentation on small lots of our Pinot Noir and Syrah the last couple years. Happy with the results, he\u2019s decided to whole-cluster ferment a larger percentage of this year\u2019s fruit. The goal with whole cluster fermentation is enhanced aromatic expression, greater complexity and silkier smooth tannins. We look forward to the progression of these wines over the coming year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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