Siduri Pisoni Vineyard Pinot Noir 2009

The 2009 Siduri Pisoni Vineyard Pinot Noir is a blend of 8 barrels from the Big Block Section, 5 barrels from the Hermanos' section, and two barrels from the Tina's section. In both Big Block and Hermanos we utilized some whole clusters in the fermentation as the stems showed good levels of ripeness. After 14-18 days on the skins we pressed the wine directly, using gravity, to French oak. Unlike most previous vintages, we felt that the 2009 would benefit from racking, so once we decided on the barrels in the final blend we racked them together and then back to barrel several months prior to bottling.

One of the truly distinguishing characteristics of most 2009 California Pinot Noirs is their structure. This is certainly true with the 2009 Siduri Pisoni Vineyard Pinot Noir. While this wine shows the great fruit concentration of previous releases, and the complexity of the better vintages from this vineyard, it is balanced out with the backbone and structure that we can only remember from the 1999 vintage (our favorite Pisoni previously). This is a wine that, while it drinks well now, will only improve with several years in the cellar.