Saxon Brown Fighting Brothers Pinot Noir 2019 Red Wine

Saxon Brown Fighting Brothers Pinot Noir 2019 Red Wine

Sonoma Coast, CA

750 ml

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Highly acclaimed winemaker Jeff Gaffner's Saxon Brown-label wines showcase his extraordinary ability to bring out the best in Pinot Noir. This wine is a blend of the top-notch Sonoma Coast vineyards Robert's Road, Durell, and Gap's Crown. Extremely well-balanced, a delight to the taste buds, and built to last for many more years thanks to Jeff's unique winemaking methods! - Wine Factor

FROM THE WINERY

Vineyards:

Our Fighting Brothers Pinot Noir is a blend of three renowned Sonoma Coast vineyards: Gap’s Crown, Roberts Road and Durell. Individually all three offers ideal Pinot-growing terroir and impeccable farming. Together they produce a wine of extraordinary depth and complexity, displaying the site synergy celebrated in our line of Fighting Brothers vineyard blends. Fighting Brothers is named for my two sons, who’ve managed to blend their many differences into something approaching harmony.

Winemaking: 

Our Fighting Brothers Pinot Noir was harvested in the early morning and transported immediately to the winery, where the grapes were de-stemmed into small open top tanks for three days of cold soak at approximately 45F. After the must warmed and started fermentation, we inoculated with a low rate of Romanee-Conti yeast, punching down three to five times daily. Once fermentation was complete, the wine was pressed to 40% new French oak for a total of 18 months in barrel. The wine was bottled unfined.

Tasting Notes:

Bright floral tones and red fruit, Bing cherry, slight plum as well as dark chocolate. Very long finish.

Case Production: 173 cases 

Bottled Date: April 28, 2021

Harvest Date: Sept 27 & October 5th 

Brix at Harvest: 23.9

TA: 6.0

Clone: 667, 777, Pommard, Dijon 115, Swan

pH: 3.47

Aging: 18 mo. in 40% New French Oak