Sokol Blosser ‘Kalita Vineyard’ Yamhill-Carlton Pinot Noir 2022

Kalita Estate Vineyard is located in the heart of the Yamhill-Carlton AVA in the Willamette Valley. This stunning, bowl-shaped vineyard was planted in 2000 by Arthur and Sherry Kalita; it is currently LIVE certified, and Sokol Blosser is transitioning the vineyard to organic certification.

The fruit was hand-harvested from Kalita Vineyard and brought back to the Sokol Blosser Dundee Hills Estate winery where 96% was de-stemmed and the rest left whole-cluster. The de-stemmed fruit went through an ambient fermentation while the whole cluster was fermented using our native house yeast. All of this took place in three-ton stainless steel tanks with punchdowns for cap management. The wine was aged for 10 months in French oak barrels with 20% new oak.