2020 Eden Rift "Valliant" Pinot Noir, Central Coast, California, USAABOUT THIS WINE Sourced exclusively from Eden Rift Vineyards in the Gavilan mountains, 20 miles from Monterey Bay, this wine is primarly comprised of Dijon clones 115, 777 & 828. Vinified in separate lots, all the fruit was gently crushed, de stemmed, and fermented in open top tanks on native yeasts. Once pressed, the wine was transferred to French oak barrels from assorted coopers. Ultimately, the wine was barrel aged for ten months before being

Summers here are warm and mostly clear

which was laid down millions of years ago

The wine sees 16 months aging in French and American oak before bottling

Jean and Agnès Foillard took over his father’s domaine in 1980

maintaining a commitment to excellence and craftsmanship

while in the restaurant industry

low rainfall rate and abundant luminosity

crisp texture

we added a dollop of Gamay and Trousseau as these light bodied varietals wouldn't add weight to the feathery

half way between Dijon and Paris

In the granitic hills southwest of Great Western lies the Hyde Park Vineyard

A secondary fermentation using the Charmat method occurs in pressurized tanks to capture primary aromatics