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2012 Compagni Portis Heritage White Wine, Sonoma Valley: The 2012 from this lovely vineyard is a beauty. A field blend of Gewurtzraminer, Trousseau Gris, Riesling, Roter Veltliner, Chardonnay and a few others, the vineyard and wine are truly singular. Planted in 1954, the vineyard is dry-farmed, organically farmed by myself in concord with guru Phil Coturri, and typically crops somewhere between 1 to 1.5 tons per acre. In 2012, we were blessed with a little more fruit to work with which, naturally for us at Bedrock, meant a great opportunity to experiment a little! With this in mind, rather than whole-cluster pressing, as has been the standard practice in years past, we chose to de-stem half of the fruit and soak it overnight. The results were very interesting and will bear repeating in the future. Though the whole-cluster pressed lot was more texturally satisfying and retained a little better acid, the de-stemmed lot had ridiculous aromatics, the juice coming out of the press smelled like roses and red hots (which would also make a great name for a teenage romantic comedy). The two lots fermented with native yeasts and then were combined pre-MLF. In contrast to previous years where I have bottled the wine in five months I gave the wine an extended elevage in stainless steel and neutral barrels for a slightly more evolved aromatic profile (aka, getting rid of a slight hefeweizen aromatic character that as bugged me in past renditions of this wine upon early bottling). I am thrilled with the finished wine. Drinking Window 2014- 2018 $25

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