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Dutton Goldfield - Freestone Pinot Noir 2016
- Producer Dutton-Goldfield
- Blend 100% Pinot Noir
- Country USA
- Region California
- Appellation Russian River Valley
- UPC 892420000117
Tasting notes
Coastal sites like Freestone appreciate long growing seasons which give the wine an extra dose of sweet juiciness to match the richness the small berries provide. The nose pops with bright cherry, dried cranberry, and pomegranate red fruits, underlain with pretty wisteria and nutmeg. With time in the glass, darker notes of black cherry, cardamom, and a beet-like savory note come up, providing an intriguing complexity to the aromas. The intricacy of flavors continues in the mouth, with rich cherry/berry fruit dancing with sandalwood/cinnamon spice, all swathed in firm but velvety tannins. The depth and breadth of the wine is outstanding, and the finish lengthy.
Vinification
The two blocks are harvested and fermented separately but were blended soon after draining for long development in the barrel. To showcase the focus and concentration of this offering, no press wine is used in the blend. The individual lots are hand sorted and destemmed into small open top fermenters and the must is the cold soaked for 5 days in order to gently extract color, spice and fruit characters, while mitigating harsher tannins. Because of its extremely small berries and thick skins, Freestone sees fewer and gentler punch downs than many less demanding vineyards. The wine was racked in the spring of 2017 to hone the barrel choices. The unctuous, concentrated Freestone fruit beautifully handles the sweet wood of Fouquet barrels and the mushroom of Seguin Moreau Icone barrels. Aged 17 months in French Oak (55% New).
Estate
Dutton-Goldfield’s mission is to craft world-class wines that express the personalities of their cool-climate home, through a brightness of fruit, complexity, structure and balance. The winery was born of a handshake in a vineyard in 1998, when longtime colleagues and friends Steve Dutton and Dan Goldfield recognized this shared vision.