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1994 PINOT NOIR Patience.........patience!! Cool, cool, sooo cool, .........the cool harvest is two weeks late. Two extra weeks of hang time, two extra weeks to develop a more intense fruit character, deepen color, concentrate flavor and most importantly two extra weeks to achieve full stem ripeness. Ahhh! ..at last "the baby is put to bed" 2 weeks late; two weeks of tense waiting, two weeks of agony and nail biting, but the payoff is in the bottle. But still there are risks ... the risk of rotting fruit! It comes from trying to hold fruit unnaturally in bins for extended periods of time 'natural'- without chemicals. But why you ask would you risk 10 tons of rotting grapes?? It's for all the good things that make up a great pinot noir; color, flavor, length and aroma the great hallmarks of a Burgundy. There is no getting away from the risks in wine-making, but there are times like right now, when I sip a glass of this '94 Ramspeck Pinot Noir and realize the full reward of the risk taken. Notes and Stats Style: Accadian Vineyard Location: Trubody Lane 51%, Atlas Peak 35%, Oak Knoll 7%, Coombsville 7%. Harvested: 4:30 a.m Sept. 7th 1994 3 ton/acre @ 48F. Time on Skins: Cold Maceration 10 days, 24 days total. Fermentation Type: 50% Whole Cluster, 50% Whole berry 100% stems, tank & open top fermentors. Yeast: 30% wild yeast, 70% cultivated Rhone Valley yeast. Extended Maceration: 51% extended maceration. Cooperage: 100% French Oak 1 y.o. Clarification: lightly fined, unfiltered.   Click here for other Ramspeck Releases... Also be sure to learn about...