2021 Burnside Vineyard Pinot Noir

2021 will be remembered as a challenging year, with record low rainfall producing smaller vine growth and very low yields of very small berries. 2021 is also a remarkably fine vintage with many wines performing near their best in quality. The young 2021 wines are showing great promise as intensely concentrated, complex wines, sure to give pleasurable drinking for years to come.

Burnside Vineyard is located just south-west of Sebastopol, on the corner of Watertrough Road and Burnside Road, in an area referred to by locals as the Sebastopol Hills. In one of the coolest areas in Russian River this awesome site is farmed by George Martinelli to a level of quality seen in very few vineyards in California. Goldridge sandy loam soils mark Burnside Vineyard as a superb Pinot Noir site, with a hillside orientation bending to the east for early morning sun exposure. Drawn from two blocks, one of Clone 115 and one of Clone 777, Burnside is an extremely low-yielding site producing very small, intensely flavored berries and clusters.

100% Burgundian French oak barrels (40% New)

Bottled without filtration to preserve the wine’s aromas and flavors and enhance aging potential

This wine is Vegan

Type:

Red

Varietal:

Pinot Noir

Region:

California

Appellation:

Russian River Valley

Vintage:

2021

Blend:

100% Pinot Noir

Alcohol:

14.5%

Fermentation:

Multi-yeast fermentations (native yeast, followed by cultured yeast); 100% malo-lactic fermentation in barrel