Fog & Wind Russian River Valley Pinot Noir

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Typically $50/bottle from Sojourn Cellars
Vintage 2018 from the Russian River Valley, Sonoma Coast
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About Sojourn Cellars
Based in Sonoma, Sojourn specializes in artisan Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Cabernet Sauvignon with fruit sourced from vineyards around both Sonoma and Napa Counties. Partially directing the farming operations and using a hands-off style of winemaking has led to high-quality wines showcasing their parent vineyards. Fog & Wind in particular are wines from around the Sonoma Coast.

I Still Haven’t the Foggiest

TECHNICAL NOTES:
“The 2018 vintage offered moderate weather, cool evening temperatures and a long, even growing season. The weather conditions were ideal and allowed the grapes to ripen slowly and evenly over the course of summer and early fall. This allowed the grapes to gain flavor complexities and ripe tannins, while retaining natural acidity. The vineyards offered grapes of exceptional quality and high yields alike. Wohler Vineyard was harvested in multiple passes as each block ripened at a different pace. The clones were vinified separately, with 667 and 828 providing richness and density as the foundation of the blend. Clone 115 provided bright fruit and elegance, with a splash of Wädenswil 2A for earthiness.” (AbV 14.2%, pH 3.7, TA 6.1 g/L)

BARRELS:
50% new French oak, bottled in December 2019, so perhaps 16 months?

TANGENTIALLY RELATED FACT to help you make conversation over this wine:
It seems like Charles Dickens was the first to write “foggy idea” as an expression, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. By 1917, however, people seemed to decide “idea” was extraneous, and the typical phrase, particularly when used by Brits, was made into “I haven’t the foggiest.” It still clearly draws back to that original Dickensian concept, though.

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