2023 Ceritas Trout Gulch Vineyard Pinot Noir, Santa Cruz Mountains, USA Elio Altare without malolactic fermentation

without malolactic fermentation

Mando and Xarel

reminiscing where it all begins for good natural wine

We are in the hamlet of Champvent

then covered with crushed grapes and allowed to ferment spontaneously

2023 Ceritas Trout Gulch Vineyard Pinot Noir, Santa Cruz Mountains, USA Elio Altare without malolactic fermentationTrout Gulch sits at 750 feet above the hamlet of Aptos in the southern Santa Cruz Mountains. The vineyard was planted in 1980 to Wente Chardonnay and Mt Eden Pinot Noir and is carefully tended to by winemaker vigneron Richard Alfaro. Uplifted oceanic sandy soils create unique drainage sending the vines deep into marine derived sub soils. Tucked into a cool coastal redwood drainage allows temperatures here to stay cooler than expected summertime highs