Vino In My Dino

Everything Old is New Again

September 24, 2024 09:39

Part of the excitement of being a small family winery is I get to work with winemaker Montse Reece to develop new wines to add to our portfolio. She knows the vineyards well, this is her 18th harvest at Pedroncelli! These are small lot of single vineyard estate wines (blocks really) that are deemed exceptional in quality. In the coming months, we are introducing four new wines.

Block 11 Reserve Sauvignon Blanc

We have been making Sauvignon Blanc for nearly 30 years, beginning in the mid-1990s. John Pedroncelli established this grape on our East Side Vineyard and Dry Creek Valley, especially in our area, is the perfect climate with the best soils for producing exceptional fruit. It is the only white wine grape we grow on the estate.The two blocks, numbers 6 and 11, each picked at a different time bring out the two sides of the grape from the grassy to the tropical fruit.

Even as far back as the 90s we made two styles of Sauvignon Blanc: one in oak (Fume Blanc) and one with very little oak (Sauvignon Blanc). At the turn of the century, we adjusted the portfolio and landed on just one, the unoaked style, and added a screw cap. In 2023 as we looked at the quality of estate fruit, we asked Montse what she would like to create, and which vineyard block she would work with to make a reserve style. She happily pointed out Block 11 as the vineyard that produces the reserve quality she looked for and chose to barrel ferment the wine.

It is fun to reflect that we have come full circle with two Sauvignon Blancs from one end of the spectrum to the other. Each one showcases the versatility of the grape. Which makes the release of our Reserve Block 11 Sauvignon Blanc so exciting.

 

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