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Item Number: 6593

UPC: None

Country: USA
Region: California Sub Region: Sonoma
Appellation/AVA: Sonoma County
Vineyard Designation: Farina Vineyard
Vintage: 2011
Grape(s): Sauvignon Blanc
Type: Wine - White
Bottle Size: 750ml Pack: 12
Closure: Cork
Alc by Vol(%): 12.68
Case Production: 263


Winemaker Notes: "Prince Triumphant! You know by now how challenging the 2011 harvest was. As the 2011 Prince harvest drew near, we reflected how in 2010, the fruit for the Prince barely ripened in the cool, challenging, Farina vineyard. So when conditions were even cooler in 2011, I made the difficult decision of shifting half of the fruit from the earlier ripening LSB-devoted section of the vineyard to the Prince. We harvested this fruit at the end of September, and fermented all of it in puncheons without destemming: whole-cluster white wine. Stems and all. We brought the rest of the fruit in in early October. On the whole, the 2011 Prince is 50% whole cluster-- 50% stems included. The wine is remarkable-- in part from the intensity of the LSB section; in part from the whole clusters. There is no green-ness, no stemy-ness: only a deep, smoky wine with tannins that are rich and structured, civil and well-organized. The wine is less mahogany and cloudy than the 2007, but darker, richer, sharper than the 2010. A triumph in a difficult year."

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