CLENDENEN FAMILY 2020 Pinot Gris
Santa Maria Valley, California
VINEYARD
Sourced from Runway Vineyard and Rancho Real, both in the Santa Maria Valley AVA.
CELLAR
The Pinot Gris is hand harvested; picked with low sugar and high acidity to ensure a crisp, lively character. The fruit is whole-cluster pressed and barrel-fermented in neutral French oak. Upon completion of malo-lactic fermentation, the wine is sulfured and rests surlees. After racking and processing, the wine was returned to barrel spending a total 6 months in the barrel before bottling. The piercing acid of the Pinot Gris was softened by malo-lactic fermentation in neutral french oak barrels, giving the wine some richness to compliment the structure.
