2006 Ponzi Pinot Noir Reserve
"An explosive nose of black plum, white pepper, ripe blueberries, cinnamon bark, cigar box & dried rose petal. Mouth is lush and full with ripe cherry & spicy cassis notes. The broad mid-palate leads to a surprisingly structured finish with good length."
—Winemaker Luisa Ponzi
2006 PONZI PINOT NOIR RESERVE
Willamette Valley
This Wine is Sold Out
PRODUCTION: 4200 six-bottle cases
RELEASE DATE: September 2008
RECENT REVIEWS: "The 2006 Pinot Noir Reserve is dark ruby-colored with an alluring perfume of pain grille, spice box, black cherry, and black raspberry. This is followed by a generous, full-bodied wine with mouth-coating fruit, a velvety texture, layers of flavor, and enough structure to evolve for 2-3 years. The rich, persistent finish goes on for nearly one minute. Give it 3-4 years to evolve and drink it from 2012 to 2022."
"Ponzi Vineyards remains a reference point for American Pinot Noir with winemaker Luisa Ponzi at the top of her game."
- The Wine Advocate, Nov 2008
HARVEST 2006: 2006 may be remembered as the year Oregon’s orchards and vineyards produced record yields. Crop tons per acre this year were extraordinarily high across the Willamette Valley. Higher than normal rainfall in the winter charged soils with abundant water. This ground water enabled vines to flourish through the very dry summer. Harvest was hot and fast for most sites. Soil water may have been the causal factor for such a large average cluster size, but it also insured high quality and clean fruit from happy vines!
FERMENTATION: All of the fruit was hand sorted and destemmed. Fermented in small lots with five days of cold soak to increase aroma and color, the peak temperatures reached 90°F. The fermenters were aerated or manually punched down twice a day (for 12-20 days) before undergoing a seven day post-fermentation maceration to increase structure and length. This wine was aged in French oak barrels (50% new) for 20 months. It was racked and bottled by gravity without filtration or fining and was aged in bottle for five months before its release. Alcohol is 14.3%. Finished pH is 3.61.
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