Straddling the Napa/Sonoma County line, the Carneros hills roll up from the shores of the San Pablo Bay. The unique factor here is wind – a relentless cooling force that charges up the rolling hillsides. With this release, our goal is to capture Los Carneros Pinot Noir's velvety texture, ripe cherry and deep, earthy spice. For this vintage, we harvested primarily from one of our favorite Los Carneros estate Pinot Noir blocks – Ahmann – found just two miles from the bay on the Napa side of Los Carneros. Here, the constant cooling influence of wind and fog allow the fruit ample time on the vine to develop full, concentrated flavors and velvety texture. This block is planted to clones 667, Calera, Swan, 2A, Pommard and 777, which provide us with multiple layers of aromatics and complexity – particularly in this excellent growing season.