Madson - 'Ascona Vineyard' - Pinot Noir - Santa Cruz Mountains, CA - 2021
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Located at ~2500 feet of elevation in the South Skyline
region of the Santa Cruz Mountains, Ascona Vineyard
is farmed with organic practices. The soils are ancient
marine sedimentary deposits of loosely consolidated
sandstone and siltstone, with an average southwest
exposure. During the day, Ascona is perched above the
marine layer while fog and cool Pacific breezes prevail
overnight. This strong diurnal temperature variation
permits phenolic ripening and stem maturation, while
preserving fresh natural acidity.
On the nose, we are reminded of elderberry and wild
blackberry, cinnamon, red cedar, a touch of orange peel
and tamarind. On the palate, there is an exciting sinewy
tension that portends even better things to come with
bottle age.
WINEMAKING
Upon harvest, we simply place the fruit in small open top
fermenters as 100% whole clusters. We keep the
fermenters cold for 3-5 days, before allowing them to
warm up to room temperature and ferment
spontaneously on native yeast. The ferments are tasted
daily to assess the maceration and extraction. We
pressed after ~18 days on skins to 25% new French oak
barriques and bottle after ~9 months elevage. This wine
is unfined and unfiltered. Please expect some solids in
the bottle especially with age.
12.8%, 120 cases produced
TASTING NOTES
On the nose, we are reminded of elderberry and wild
blackberry, cinnamon, red cedar, a touch of orange peel
and tamarind. On the palate, there is an exciting sinewy
tension that portends even better things to come with
bottle age.
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