LOTIS Wines "Eagle Point Ranch" 2022 Counoise Mendocino County AVA
LOTIS Wines "Eagle Point Ranch" 2022 Counoise Mendocino County AVA
750ml bottle
12.5% abv
Practicing Organic • 100% Counoise • High elevation vineyard at 2,000’ • Red clay soils • Hand-harvested • Native yeast fermentation • Fermented 30% whole cluster and left on skins before pressing to neutral barrels • Aged 10 months in neutral oak • Bottled unfined and unfiltered • 60 cases produced
Organically grown in the high elevation (2000 ft) and red clay soils of Eagle Point Ranch on the northern reaches of the Mayacamas mountain range, the fruit expresses itself with lively floral aromatics laid on top an elegant ripe black cherry, wild raspberry, white pepper, and leather backbone. The clay soils contribute to its depth and fleshiness with a tightly wound, almost salty finish.
33% whole cluster fermentation and native ferment, and then left on skins before pressing to neutral barrels to age for 10 months, bottled unfined and unfiltered with minimal sulfite added.
– Winemaker's notes