2024 Phelan Farm 'Autrement' (Pinot, Gamay & Mondeuse), San Luis Obispo County, USA Cazottes in fairly deep soil

in fairly deep soil

and the wine was transferred to 225-liter barrels for malolactic and 14 months of aging

but no new oak is employed

and lingers on the palate (which makes you thirsty

2024 Phelan Farm 'Autrement' (Pinot, Gamay & Mondeuse), San Luis Obispo County, USA Cazottes in fairly deep soilA Savoie inspired blend of Pinot Noir (50%), Gamay (25%) and Mondeuse (25%). After harvesting all the grapes by hand using low impact four wheelers for transport, most of the wines from the 2021 vintage were fermented whole cluster in stainless steel with indigenous yeast before being transferred to neutral oak barrels for elevage. The wines were then racked off lees and immediately bottled by gravity with no SO2 additions, no filtration, and no