Foxen Pinot Noir Santa Maria Valley Bien Nacido Vineyard-Block Eight 2019 (750ml) Palomino the 2020 Ghiaie della Furba

the 2020 Ghiaie della Furba opens with a blend of minty herbs

pure and elegant

Rich and complex

Dry extract: 25

Foxen Pinot Noir Santa Maria Valley Bien Nacido Vineyard-Block Eight 2019 (750ml) Palomino the 2020 Ghiaie della FurbaWinemaker Notes Exclusively planted for Foxen in 1996 by Bien Nacido Vineyard, the eleven acre Block 8 sits on the highest point and one of the steepest sections of this Santa Maria Bench vineyard. Upon harvest, the grapes are whole berry destemmed into small, open top fermenters as individual clonal lots, where they see a 2 day maceration. The wine ages for 16 months in French oak, of which 44% is new. The wine is bottled within fining or filtration.