2021 Cattleya Cuvee Number One Pinot Noir 750ML

2021 Cattleya Cuvee Number One Pinot Noir 750ML

2021 Cattleya Cuvee Number One Pinot Noir 750ML This wine explodes with red fruit aromas with a full body in the mouth and soft texture contributing to the long, lingering finish. A wine to enjoy in its youth but if you’re patient, it will age gracefully for the next 5 to 10 years.

My first vintage of Cuvée Number One was back in 2014. A perfect vintage to start making an appellation blend. That year saw bountiful, beautiful fruit.

One of my favorite things to do is to walk vineyards, allowing my mind to fly to places where I visualize the process of transforming the fruit into wine. Then, when the harvest is all over, and the wine sits quietly in barrels, each clone, block, vineyard site is left alone to achieve its magical balance of aromas, flavors, and texture. This classic cuvée began its journey from grape to glass in the pre-dawn hours of September 3rd to the 10th. After hand-sorting and then gentle de-stemming, each precious berry was transported to open top, stainless steel tanks for cold soaking and ultimately, a slow, temperature controlled native fermentation. Extraction of its deep color and extremely pure fruit profile was done by punching down of the cap twice per day for the entirety of primary fermentation. Upon completion, the wine was transferred to 55% new French oak barrels where malolactic fermentation took place prior to 11 months of slumber in the cellar. Bottling of this unfined and unfiltered Pinot Noir took place in August 16th of 2022.