2022 San Lorenzo

Nose of blackberry pie, blueberry, smoked meat and clay. Medium-plus body with resolved tannin. Flavors of black cherry, rosemary, cigar box and espresso with a long finish. SR (2/25)

Planted in 1892 just above the Russian River, north of Healdsburg, the block was named “The Pearl” by Pete Seghesio’s mother, who deemed this portion special. Thinning the crop twice brought the vines in balance. The interplanted varieties were picked in early September and fermented together. Given this wine’s formidable weight and structure, it will be long-lived but can be enjoyed over the coming years as well. SR (12/23)

Pete Seghesio owns this historic San Lorenzo vineyard. Seghesio inherited the ranch from his mother, Rachel Ann Passalacqua Seghesio. The vineyard has been part of the Passalacqua family heritage since 1896, a few years after it was planted. His great-grandfather was a cook in the California gold fields and paid 10 gold coins for the land.

Rainfall: 20 inches (below average)
Bloom: Mid-May
Weather: A dry winter and spring stressed the vines, limiting yields and concentrating flavors.

Harvest Date: 8 September
Grapes: Average Brix 25.7˚
TA: 6.81 g/L
pH: 3.62
Fermentation: Grapes destemmed and crushed, pumped over a floating cap twice daily.
Barrels: Barrels 100% air-dried American oak barrels (15% new, 50% four years old, and 35% five-plus years old).
Aging: Sixteen months in barrel

Hand-harvested grapes fermented on the native yeasts, followed by full malolactic on the naturally occurring malolactic bacteria; tartaric acid; minimum effective sulfur for this wine (35 ppm at crush, 35.6 ppm over the course of aging); pad filtered at bottling. In keeping with our philosophy of minimal intervention, this is the sum of our actions.

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