Wine Specs
Vintage
2020
Varietal
Pinot Noir
Appellation
Santa Lucia Highlands
Aging
10 months in French oak, 25% new
Residual Sugar
Dry
Alcohol %
14.3
2020 Wrath Pinot Noir, Lemoravo Vineyard
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These grapes have classic SLH character with black and red berry flavors, a touch of herbs, and some mineral/earthiness. The wine begins with aromas of stone fruit (Pluot) and ripe strawberries with a hint of eucalyptus and opens to flavors of blackberry balanced with cinnamon and anise and spicy white peppercorn. The texture is soft and long, leading to a finish that has some tart cherry and lingering spices.
Wine Profile
Vineyard Notes
Part of the Kirk Williams (KW Vineyard) portfolio of vineyards/citrus groves, Lemoravo is fairly small (26 acres) and sits in the more southern part of the Santa Lucia Highlands. Its name is a portmanteau of the three crops that used to be grown there: Lemons, Oranges, Avocados. Meticulously farmed, Wrath is one of several noteworthy wineries that are lucky to have access to grapes from this vineyard.
Production Notes
Hand harvested and hand sorted, the grapes are cold soaked for three days before inoculation. Clonal lots are kept separated in small open-top bins during fermentation and 20% of the bins go through whole cluster fermentation. Close monitoring ensures that production stages are implemented at optimal periods. The young wine is racked into an assortment of barrels, only French oak, from various tonnelleries for added complexity. This wine was barrel aged for 10 months, 25% new French oak, before bottling and laying down for another 12 months of bottle aging before release.
Production
357 cases