2016 Littorai Wendling Vineyard Block E Pinot Noir, Anderson Valley, USA The Set The fruit was foot-crushed and

The fruit was foot-crushed and fermented whole-cluster before maturation in neutral barrique

Organic grapes from Vincent Bremond in Beaumont de Pertuis in the east of the Luberon

Co-fermentation of manual harvested Arinto (15%) and Palomino 'Clon 84' (larger grape from Sanlúcar

Though the soil there is volcanic with silt

it is almost paradoxical in its ability to express such size but also render such fine detail

2016 Littorai Wendling Vineyard Block E Pinot Noir, Anderson Valley, USA The Set The fruit was foot-crushed andWendling Vineyard is located in the Deep End, the coolest section of Anderson Valley, and, is really not in the valley at all. It is the most northwesterly vineyard in the AVA and the closest proximity to the Pacific coast. In 2009, one of the finest growers in Anderson Valley, Paul Ardzrooni, approached us about this site which was open pasture. With Paul, we directed a soils study on the entire 20 acre piece. Because of our contributions, we were