2003 Keefer Ranch Pinot Noir, Green Valley (Library Wines) -- Tandem Winery Shopping Cart -- Valley Green Noir, Pinot Ranch Keefer 2003

<H1>2003 Keefer Ranch Pinot Noir, Green Valley -- Tandem Winery Shopping Cart</H1> $42.00 -- ONE OF THE BEST PINOT NOIRS - Sunset Magazine <IMG SRC="https://store.nexternal.com/tandem/images/03Keefpin.jpg" ALIGN=right ALT="2003 Keefer Ranch Pinot Noir, Green Valley" NAME="2003 Keefer Ranch Pinot Noir, Green Valley" BORDER=0 HSPACE=10> ONE OF THE BEST PINOT NOIRS - Sunset Magazine "A charmer with a long finish. Smoke, vanilla, and cloves add layers of interest to big berry flavors. Try it with herb-roasted fish." Tasting notes: We are truly seeing the voice of the vineyard speak out in this vineyard designate, year-after-year. The exotic spice notes are perhaps the most pure we have yet seen them in the aroma, with the strong acid backbone that is now trademark Keefer, setting the tempo on the palate. This is a true cool-climate Pinot, with notes of cranberries and redfruit more prominent in the late palate than we have ever seen before, yet still speaking distinctly of the Keefer Ranch. Technical Data: <ul> <li>Vineyard: On Goldridge soil and 5C rootstock, the Keefer Ranch sits near the headwaters of the Green Valley Creek on gentle, well-drained slopes set to Vertical Shoot Positioned (VSP) trellising and cordon pruning. Final yield was in 2003 2 tons/acre</li> <li>Harvest: from early to mid-September, we picked almost a month earlier than last year. We were still among the last to pick in Green Valley. Brix ranged from 23.7 to 26.4, with the Wadenswil as usual being picked last for its ripe tannin effect.</li> <li>Fermentation: With the huge sled of fruit coming in all at once from all corners of Sonoma County, we took a different approach this year to fermentation. Cuvaison was generally by ripeness level and tannin strength rather than by clone, with maceration time and treatment varying for each lot. The earliest lots of Pommard and Dijon were more gently punched down and pressed at only 4 or 5 Brix, while the late-hanging Wadenswil received more time in the fermentor. We did an early assemblage this year as many of the barrels were struggling to finish primary fermentation and we did not want to inoculate, preferring to go with the feral yeast and malolactic fermentations that have always brought us wonderful and exotic spice notes.</li> <li>Barrel aging: with such wonderful spicy aromas, we chose to reduce our barrel aging to 9 months, and with the least amount of new oak of any of our vineyard designates, some 20%. Wines were kept on the lees until bottling, with stirring monthly until May.</li> <li>Final bottling technical information of 684 cases:</li> <ul> <li>pH: 3.48</li> <li>TA: 7.0 g/L</li> <li>14.40% alcohol</li> <li>Residual sugar: 0.08% (incomprehensibly dry)</li> </ul> <ul> <LI>SKU: 03PNKR Other products in the category <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Category5" TITLE="Library Wines">Library Wines</A>: <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product29 TITLE="2004 Ritchie Vineyard Chardonnay">2004 Ritchie Vineyard Chardonnay</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product46 TITLE="2004 Sangiacomo Pinot noir">2004 Sangiacomo Pinot noir</A> -- 94 POINTS - Pinot Report <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product51 TITLE="2005 Sangiacomo Chardonnay">2005 Sangiacomo Chardonnay</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product32 TITLE="2004 Hellenthal Pinot noir">2004 Hellenthal Pinot noir</A> -- Limited <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product33 TITLE="2004 Peloton Red Wine">2004 Peloton Red Wine</A> -- Limited <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product13 TITLE="2003 van der Kamp Pinot noir">2003 van der Kamp Pinot noir</A> -- 91 POINTS - The Wine Enthusiast <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product65 TITLE="2005 van der Kamp Pinot noir">2005 van der Kamp Pinot noir</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product60 TITLE="2004 Gabrielli Sangiovese">2004 Gabrielli Sangiovese</A> <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com/tandem" TITLE="Tandem Winery Products">Tandem Winery Products</A> <A HREF="http://www.tandemwinery.com">Tandem Winery</A> Tandem Winery <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com" TITLE="ecommerce software">ecommerce software</A> powered by Nexternal