Description

PRODUCER:
Scribe Winery produces vibrant, terroir-driven wines from Sonoma, California. The winery was founded in 2007 on a property that helped pioneer pre-prohibition Sonoma Valley wine making and is managed by fourth-generation California farmers and brothers, Andrew and Adam Mariani. The Marianis believe that the best wines are the result of a healthy relationship between man and nature, and that a vineyard managed in harmony with the greater ecosystem results in more site-specific, terroir-driven grapes. When vinified with non-interventionist natural methods, the result is a distinct wine that speaks vividly of its provenance.

VINEYARD:
The Pinot Noir grapes come from three vineyards across the Carneros AVA. This wine is made up of a blend of equal parts of clones Dijon 777, known for being dark and rich and producing rich, velvety and complex wines; Dijon 115, which delivers pure Pinot Noir flavours; and Pommard, which delivers pure, dark fruit. Two of the vineyards, Sandbach and El Novillero, are both within a five-mile radius of the Scribe Estate, and the remainder are on similar Huichica soils. The third, the Reinke Vineyard, lies a little further east on BressaDibble clay loam soils. All three vineyards benefit from the cooling influence of the winds of the San Pablo Bay, which creates a cooler mesoclimate resulting in slow, even ripening, which helps to build concentrated fruit flavours, while retaining natural, balancing acidity. The grapes are hand-harvested at night to preserve the fresh vibrancy in the fruit.

WINEMAKING:
The grapes were fermented with native, wild yeasts, with 30% vinified as whole clusters, which impart freshness and complexity to the wine. Vinification took place in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats, retaining the purity of the fruit. Maturation lasted for seven months; 90% was aged in neutral French oak, 10% in new French oak, before being bottled without fining, to retain the fullest expression.

TASTING NOTE:
A pure, elegant and classy Pinot Noir with bright red fruits layered with floral notes, rhubarb and a touch of cacao through to a silky palate with refined tannins and a long, smooth finish.

GRAPES:
Pinot Noir 100%.