2021 Stagiaire 'Epiphanies in Place' Ascona Vineyard Pinot Noir, Santa Cruz Mountains, USA Climens • 1 punchdown per day

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This is a singular wine in the region as it is both a combination of all seven grape varieties AND 40% of the blend is from a continous solera started in 2005

Average Age of Vines: 40 years

From Barbera holdings in Montaldo Scarampi

2021 Stagiaire 'Epiphanies in Place' Ascona Vineyard Pinot Noir, Santa Cruz Mountains, USA Climens • 1 punchdown per day2021 was a big drought year in California. Not the usual amount of growth in the vines. Low yields. Low nutrients in the juices. I was getting shorted on all of my contracts in the first push of the harvest season, so I reached out to grower friends to see if anyone had anything else I could purchase. Literally anything. My friend Ken that takes care of Ascona where I get my Sangiovese for Scales offered me some luxury(pricy) Pinot that was getting