US Grant Pinot Noir Santa Cruz 2014

"100% Pinot Noir; alcohol: 13.7%; Union Vineyard, the oldest planted vineyard in the southern Santa Cruz Mountains AVA; 1,100ft elevation overlooking the Pacific; sandstone soils; 2/3 of fruit whole cluster pressed, all fermented using only native yeasts in unique “teacup” open top concrete vessels; 21 day slow ferment; aged 20 months in blond-toast French oak barrels.

On storied land nestled in the redwood forests overlooking Monterey Bay, U.S. Grant produces a Pinot Noir of true distinction. The six-acre vineyard of U.S. Grant was planted by brothers John and George Jarvis in 1862, during the Civil War, and is the first known vineyard in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Following Phylloxera’s defeat, the vineyard was revived in 1914, later to be replanted to Pinot Noir by Ken Burnap who bottled the wine under the Santa Cruz Mountain Vineyards labels from 1974 to 2004." -Supplier notes