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Harvest date:  October 9, 2017
Fruit source:  Estate South Block,own-rooted Pommard clone planted 1979
Grapes at harvest: Brix: 24.1, pH: 3.214, TA: 6.6 g/L
Finished wine: Alcohol 13.8 %, pH: 3.5, TA: 5.7 g/L
Barrel aged 14 months in French oak, 40% new barrels
100 cases bottle unfined on January 22, 2019

WINEMAKER NOTES

The 2017 Cauldron showcases both the lovely fruit and earthen characters we love in our old Pommard blocks:  blackberry, cassis, a dried herb that never moves to herbaceous, and a smell of autumn leaves that surround the block at harvest time.   This young wine has a similar density and tension to the 2017 Currents and will certainly reward some cellaring to polish the youthful rough edges. 

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