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1996 Maison Grand Cru Pinot Noir |
 70% Russian River Valley, 30% Monterey County.
A blend of the
choicest single-vineyard barrels with an eye towards crafting a wine
that clearly demonstrates Keith Rutz’ winemaking philosophy – to
capture all the intensity and essence of great California fruit without
sacrificing any structure, and put a distinctive French accent on the
wine. The grapes were hand picked, hand sorted, destemmed and crushed
into small, open top fermentors. During fermentation, the cap of solids
was submerged several times a day to extract layers of color and develop
complex flavors. The wine was transferred via gravity flow to new French
oak barrels from Claude Gillet and Louis Latour, completed malolactic
fermentation, and was left to age in our cases until August. Neither
fined nor filtered.
The 1998 vintage of Maison Grand Cru Pinot Noir is bursting with copious quantities of lush plums and cherries intermixed with toasty spice, chocolate and leather. Long and lingering on the finish. 487 Cases Produced
Harvest Dates - Sept. 29 - Oct. 9 TA - .68 g/100ml Alcohol. - 13.9% 100% Malolactic pH - 3.48 Bottling Date - 9/22/99 |