{"title":"Pinot Noirs","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eIf it wasn’t for Pinot Noir, my life and career as a winemaker might not be. All of my early exposures to this siren of wine were with people that I respected and admired. There was something immediately transcendent, charming, and even romantic about what was in the bottle. Subtle yet expressive, drinkable, but amazingly intriguing. The lure of Pinot Noir can capture our imaginations, create a sense of history, and trigger our desire. Above all, when good, it is simply delicious and sometimes that’s enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eIt should be no surprise, that we make a few. Get on it!\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"2022-pinot-noir-central-coast","title":"2023 Folk Machine Pinot Noir, Central Coast","description":"\u003cdiv title=\"Page 1\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 2023 Central Coast Pinot Noir is largely a blend of two vineyards in Arroyo Seco, Mission Ranch and Cedar Lane with a small amount of Vecino from Potter Valley also added. As always, our clonal selections are primarily Pommard and 2A (Wädenswil), but with a little Dijon mix for forward fruit and riper flavors. The various blocks were harvested in the 21 - 22.5 brix range during September. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 1\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach lot was fully destemmed, but not crushed leaving whole berries in the fermentation. The primary fermentation was un-inoculated and the Malolactic fermentation was spontaneous.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 1\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe employed pulse-air pump overs 1x per day to keep our extraction even, but minimal. We did not rack, keeping the wine on the lees with occasional batonage to round out the mouthfeel until bottling. The wine was aged in 2-6 year old French oak barrels. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 1\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eElegant and lean per normal, but unmistakably, a California Pinot Noir with ethereal fruit and spice. I say the same thing every year, but always a go-to choice to serve with almost any food, fun to drink, and not budget busting. The 2023 is a return to the lighter side of Pinot that we always try to represent. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"HoboWines","offers":[{"title":"Per Bottle (1-11 bottles)","offer_id":1107299348,"sku":"","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0214\/4760\/files\/23FolkMachinePinot.jpg?v=1725648520"},{"product_id":"2021-ghostwriter-pinot-noir-amaya-ridge-santa-cruz-mountains","title":"2022 Ghostwriter Pinot Noir, Amaya Ridge, Santa Cruz Mountains","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"mc-toc-title\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA darker more structured, more concentrated wine than the cuvée showing its alpine influence, vine age, and subsistence on rain water only. This is a wine that has all the hallmarks that we love in Pinot Noir; earthy, rich soil, forest floor aromas and ephereal flavors that suggest place and time while remaining unbound and timeless. Despite everything, this is one of the best if not the best wine we have produced from this vineyard. We have put a long of time into understanding the site and how to make wine from it and it paid off in a challenging year. As always, it is from the two lower older blocks of the vineyard planted 50\/50 to heritage clones, Saintsburg and Calera. 40% whole cluster and aged in two neutral and one second fill French oak barrel. 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Amaya Ridge and Coast Grade came off just before the predicted heat wave and Smith Road and Veranda came off during. This is a year when the cuvée really shows itself being more cohesive and complimentary in flavor than most of the lots were individually. These lots individually were awkward, a bit disjointed, but together, they really have coherency and the feeling that a plan was in place. Because the development time was shortened, the stems were greener than usual and we opted to include less, about 30% compared with the normal 40% and one lot of Veranda was completely destemmed. As always, the fruit leans cranberry and is layered on with spice, a bit of earth, and a subtle creaminess with firm acid, and a very approachable texture and mouthfeel.  Despite the tough vintage, I think we have one of the best vintages of cuvée to date. Fermented in open-tops with minimal cap management. This has always been and still is the best value in the Ghostwriter line-up. 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