2017 Croix Estate South Block Six Russian River Valley

South Block Six Pinot Noir sees all of the finest treatments that all of our single-vineyard Pinot’s enjoy: hand harvesting, Pellenc sorting, extended cold soaking, cool and slow native fermentations, hand punch-downs, 100% carbonic macerations, free-run juice barreled down to 3-year air dried French oak (50% new) in a combination of cooperages, barrel ageing for 16 months, and bottle aging for a minimum of 8 months before consideration of release.