Close up of a bottle of Sea Smoke Southing Pinot Noir

2024 'Southing' Pinot Noir Magnum 1.5L

'Southing' refers to the south-facing hillside bluffs found on our estate vineyard. Each year, our goal for this wine is to create the ideal marriage of complexity and elegance. 'Southing' is a true expression of the terroir of Sea Smoke Vineyard: seductive flavors and fine tannins complimented by cool climate acidity.

 

  • Vintage 2024
  • Alcohol 14.7%
  • Vineyard Sea Smoke Estate Vineyard
  • Appellation Santa Rita Hills
  • Clone 100% Pinot Noir
  • Cooperage 16 months in 42% New French Oak

  • Tasting Notes

    Each year, our goal for 'Southing' is to create the ideal marriage of complexity and elegance. The ever-changing nose of the 'Southing' exhibits fresh currant, slight strawberry and rose aromas with notes of dried fruit, fennel, clove and nutmeg. The fine tannins and minerality are enhanced by our estate vineyard’s characteristic cool climate acidity.

  • Winemaking

    Hand-harvested, clusters were sorted in the vineyard and then gently destemmed following an evening in our cold room. All ‘jack stems’ were removed on the sorting table. Musts were cold soaked in open-top fermenters for five days, and then inoculated with cultured yeasts to begin slow fermentation. Each tank was manually punched down two times per day, with a total maceration time of four- teen to eighteen days. Upon completion of primary fermentation and maceration, all free run wine was transferred to tank for settling and then pressed at extremely low pressure (0.08 bars) to avoid extracting bitterness. After settling overnight both free-run and press wines were racked to barrels. Southing was bottled with no fining and no filtration.