2005 CLOS PEPE Pinot Noir (Library Wines) -- THE OJAI VINEYARD Shopping Cart -- Noir Pinot PEPE CLOS 2005

<H1>2005 CLOS PEPE Pinot Noir -- THE OJAI VINEYARD Shopping Cart</H1> $56.00 -- 2005 CLOS PEPE Pinot Noir CLOS PEPE VINEYARD - Sta Rita Hills At Clos Pepe, as elsewhere in 2005, we had a really large potential crop and lots of vine vigor, so considerable effort was spent in the vineyard. We carefully went through adjusting the crop to get an even amount of fruit on each vine and just the right amount of sunlight on each cluster. Numerous passes had to be made to get it right; however, by late summer the vineyard looked better than ever before. And on September 1st we picked the first half of the vineyard at slightly under 24 brix. The weather was so mild we were able to wait until September 17th to pick the other half at about 26 brix. (The measure winemakers use for the sugar content of grapes is brix, which is identical to percent sugar—26 brix is equal to 26% sugar.) The two wines were fascinating to watch as they matured in the barrel. The riper wine had a much fatter, richer feel and an emphatically fruity aroma and flavor. It was a crowd pleaser, but the wine-geek staff here thought it lacked punch. The less ripe batch had a completely different profile. It captured a floral aromatic quality that was reminiscent of rose petals--it was just stunning. The flavors were crisper, finer and more overtly tannic. We decided to blend the two lots and think the resulting combination is marvelous. Like the chardonnay from Clos Pepe, this wine is intensely flavored and precise. There is no bling or nonsense here--you get the unadorned beauty of this special vineyard site. By the way, we kept out one barrel of the less ripe lot as a curiosity and bottled it separately--it is also available for sale at our website. <LI>SKU: 05PNCP Other products in the category <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com/ojai/Category3" TITLE="Library Wines">Library Wines</A>: <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/ojai/Product51 TITLE="1996 STOLPMAN Syrah">1996 STOLPMAN Syrah</A> -- 1996 STOLPMAN Syrah <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/ojai/Product58 TITLE="1997 HENRY DANIEL Syrah">1997 HENRY DANIEL Syrah</A> -- 1997 HENRY DANIEL Syrah <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/ojai/Product88 TITLE="1997 TALLEY Chardonnay">1997 TALLEY Chardonnay</A> -- 1997 TALLEY Chardonnay <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/ojai/Product56 TITLE="1998 CALIFORNIA Syrah">1998 CALIFORNIA Syrah</A> -- 1998 CALIFORNIA Syrah <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/ojai/Product71 TITLE="2000 PISONI Pinot Noir">2000 PISONI Pinot Noir</A> -- 2000 PISONI Pinot Noir <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/ojai/Product84 TITLE="2001 STOLPMAN Syrah">2001 STOLPMAN Syrah</A> -- 2001 STOLPMAN Syrah <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/ojai/Product55 TITLE="2001 VOGELZANG Syrah">2001 VOGELZANG Syrah</A> -- 2001 VOGELZANG Syrah <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/ojai/Product29 TITLE="2003 THOMPSON Syrah">2003 THOMPSON Syrah</A> -- 2003 THOMPSON Syrah <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/ojai/Product57 TITLE="2003 MELVILLE Syrah">2003 MELVILLE Syrah</A> -- 2003 MELVILLE Syrah <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/ojai/Product27 TITLE="2005 FE CIEGA Pinot Noir">2005 FE CIEGA Pinot Noir</A> -- 2005 PINOT NOIR FE CIEGA - Santa Rita Hills <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/ojai/Product47 TITLE="2005 PRESIDIO Syrah">2005 PRESIDIO Syrah</A> -- 2005 PRESIDIO Syrah <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/ojai/Product11 TITLE="2005 GRENACHE">2005 GRENACHE</A> -- 2005 GRENACHE <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com/ojai" TITLE="THE OJAI VINEYARD Products">THE OJAI VINEYARD Products</A> <A HREF="http://WWW.OJAIVINEYARD.COM">pinot noir</A> <A HREF="http://WWW.OJAIVINEYARD.COM">syrah</A> <A HREF="http://WWW.OJAIVINEYARD.COM">sauvignon blanc</A> <A HREF="http://WWW.OJAIVINEYARD.COM">chardonnay</A> <A HREF="http://WWW.OJAIVINEYARD.COM">grenache</A> <A HREF="http://WWW.OJAIVINEYARD.COM">california wine</A> <A HREF="http://WWW.OJAIVINEYARD.COM">ojai wine</A> <A HREF="http://WWW.OJAIVINEYARD.COM">best california pinot</A> <A HREF="http://WWW.OJAIVINEYARD.COM">best wine value</A> THE OJAI VINEYARD <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com" TITLE="shopping cart">shopping cart</A> powered by Nexternal