2008 La Follette Manchester Ridge Vineyard Mendocino Ridge Pinot Noir

One 750ml bottle

Manchester Ridge Vineyard is perched at 2000 ft. elevation overlooking the Manchester plain in Mendocino County with a panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean. Winters are moderated by the maritime climate and bud-break is early (February to early March). Shoot growth is slow through the relatively cool summer, which allows the fruit a long hang time for flavor development and ripeness. The vineyard is trellised on a modified double Guyot system and rooted in decomposed sandstone. Three clones from this coastal site are used to make this wine, the last of the Pinot to be harvested. 
 
Huckleberry, hibiscus tea and dried cherry on the nose evolve to deeper notes of forest floor and charcuterie. Tannins are smooth and sweet on the palate, with acidity, savory and hickory building to the finish of equal parts fruit, earth and wood. An opulent Pinot with luxuriant mouthfeel and weight. 

Huckleberry, hibiscus tea, dried cherry, forest floor, charcuterie, hickory, earth, wood