2021 Stagiaire 'Epiphanies in Place' Ascona Vineyard Pinot Noir, Santa Cruz Mountains, USA Climens the fog getting sucked up

the fog getting sucked up the valley yada yada

The 2022er Goldgrube Riesling Spätlese AP 6 was made from fruit harvested at 91° Oechsle on very old un-grafted vines in the Portz sector of the vineyard

The wine is aged for around a year in well-worn

This is a singular wine in the region as it is both a combination of all seven grape varieties AND 40% of the blend is from a continous solera started in 2005

2021 Stagiaire 'Epiphanies in Place' Ascona Vineyard Pinot Noir, Santa Cruz Mountains, USA Climens the fog getting sucked up2021 was a big drought year in California. Not the usual amount of growth in the vines. Low yields. Low nutrients in the juices. I was getting shorted on all of my contracts in the first push of the harvest season, so I reached out to grower friends to see if anyone had anything else I could purchase. Literally anything. My friend Ken that takes care of Ascona where I get my Sangiovese for Scales offered me some luxury(pricy) Pinot that was getting