VINEYARD Gap’s Crown
CLONES 114, 115, 667, 828, Swan, Pommard 4, 777
ORIENTATION North/East
TRELLISING Vertical Shoot Positioning
SOIL Goulding Cobble Loam, Raynor Clay, Seeped Loam
HARVEST DATES October 2-10, 2012
FERMENTATION 8 & 5-ton stainless steel open tops,
1-ton bins, 91% de-stemmed, 9% whole cluster
OAK 52% new French oak / 16 months
ALCOHOL 14.5%
pH 3.48
TA 5.9 g/L
BOTTLING DATE December 12, 2013
AROMA
Wildflowers, cherry, and huckleberry are followed by truffles and baking chocolate.
PALATE
Precise and textured with chocolate cherry and briary fruit on the front palate. Notes of orange flower and fennel seed define a long and smooth finish.
Gap’s Crown vineyard is owned and managed by Gap’s Crown, LLC and is located in the Petaluma Wind Gap. Kosta Browne Winery has purchased Gap’s Crown Pinot Noir grapes since 2006 and now enjoys a long-term lease of 37 planted acres. “It has been the backbone of our Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir program and contributed to our 2009 Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir being awarded Wine Spectator’s #1 Wine of the Year in 2011,” says Michael Browne, founder of Kosta Browne Winery. Their viticulture is second to none, producing some of the finest grapes in Sonoma County.
THE SONOMA COAST, WHICH OVERLAPS with the Russian River Valley and stretches all the way to the windswept edge of the Pacific Ocean, has emerged as a hub for cool-climate wines. The vineyards are planted using the finest modern clones and viticultural techniques and have rapidly earned the region acclaim for producing some of the world’s most extraordinary Pinot Noirs.
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