LA VITICULTURE
OLD VINES. TINY YIELDS.
MINERAL-RICH SOILS.
We set about manicuring the organic vineyard, tending every vine, sculpting every cluster with small scissors.
At 5 a.m. on October 10th 2019 we hand-harvested in the cool of the pre-dawn. The timing of harvest was everything.
La Vinification
by individual berry
Each berry was photographed by an optical sorter and visually inspected to ensure it met our specifications. Pure caviar was the goal.
Natural yeast fermented the must. A gorgeous depth and richness came from a 25-day extended maceration using the proprietary Hagyard method.
LA PATIENCE
NERVES OF STEEL
The wine was raised with minimal intervention and maximum observation. This required nerves of steel.
LE RESULTAT
POWER. BEAUTY. SOUL.
High-risk winemaking led to high rewards.
We were elated to taste a wine that had Napa’s trademark power with Bordeaux’s complexity and elegance.
Most of all, it was an expression of the vineyard’s soul.
