Soils of limestone and decomposed graniteīlack raspberry, red apple skin, rose petal, mint, crunch, crunch, crunch. FOLIE DEUX: Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast 2017: 89: 20: FOURSIGHT WINES: Pinot Noir Anderson Valley Charles Vineyard 2015: 88: 48. The Chalone AVA, with its soils of limestone and decomposed granite, has a storied history with Chardonnay and Pinot Noir including, of course, the infamous 1976 “Judgement of Paris”. Vineyards: Antle Vineyard was originally named Graff Family Vineyard and was planted by Richard Graff, longtime owner of Chalone Vineyard. No SO2 was added to the wine until bottling. The wine was aged for 12 months in 10 year old 350L “Hogshead” puncheons. Producer Folie à Deux Vintage 2014 Type Still Colour Red Country USA Region California Appellation Sonoma County Sweetness Dry Alcohol 14.20. Folie à Deux, Pinot Noir, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast, 2014. ![]() ![]() Winemaking: 1/3 of the lot was de-stemmed and combined with the remaining 2/3 whole clusters in an open top fermenter where the grapes were gently foot tread or punched down 1-2 times a day during a native yeast fermentation. Home Wine Reviews USA Folie à Deux, Pinot Noir. Our block at Antle has the chunkiest limestone soil we have seen Pinot Noir vines planted on in California, and is a challenge to anyone skeptical about minerality in wine. Powerfully aromatic, with all the soft fruit you expect from a Pinot, but with a nose and mouth tingling mineral backbone that can only come from limestone.
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