WINE TECHNICALS

Harvest date:  October 5, 2017
Fruit source: East Block Dijon clone 777 planted 2002
Grapes at harvest: Brix 23.4, pH 3.11, TA 6.7 g/L
Finished wine: Alcohol 13.5 %, pH: 3.66, TA: 6.0 g/L
Barrel aged 14 months in French oak, 40% new barrels
104 cases bottle unfined on January 22, 2019

WINEMAKER NOTES

The Shallows in many ways mirrors its neighbor, the Flat Block, albeit younger and planted at a significantly higher density. Both are perched on the same flat bench on our property, splitting the slopes above and below.  In 2017 we thought it would be instructive to ferment a small amount of the 2 blocks together, and this wine is the result.  Of all the wines in this series, it is the most complete picture of the vintage traits with clarity and precision: a warm year that ended cold, showing both the ripe fruit of a hot year, but with the restraint, and acidity from a cooler finish to the growing season. 

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