2020 Petit Verdot
Single Vineyard Series
Awards
93 Pts, Gold - 2024 Toast of the Coast Wine Competition
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Wine Specs
Vintage
2020
Varietal
Petit Verdot
Appellation
Lodi (Mokelumne River)
Harvest Date
9/26/2020
Acid
5.9 g/L
pH
3.68
Aging
20 Months, French & American Oak Barrels (44% new)
Bottling Date
7/20/2022
Residual Sugar
.01%
Alcohol %
14.5
Wine Profile
Tasting Notes
This Petit Verdot is delicate on the nose with floral notes of lavender and violet. In the mouth it presents aromas of leather, dark fruits and mild smokiness. It’s a full body wine, dry and tannic, with a deep and intense color.
Vineyard Notes
This vineyard is on our estate, located to the west of our tasting room and production facility. Bilateral cordon trained into vertical shoot position (VSP). Clone 2 on 5BB rootstock. Planted in 2014, the vines are young and full of energy. Pruning and shoot thinning were done to keep cluster counts in balance, leaves were pulled on the north side of the vine as the rows oriented east to west. 2017 was the first vintage we harvested fruit from this vineyard. The vineyard is sustainably farmed and certified green under Lodi Rules.
Winemaker Notes
Grapes were hand-picked and then delivered to Oak Farm Vineyards on September 26, 2020. Upon receiving the grapes, they were hand sorted at the winery and then de-stemmed to tank where they received a cold soak. The must was inoculated and fermentation was done in tank with regular timed pump overs. This wine was aged in 44% New French and American oak and the rest was aged in neutral oak for approximately 20 months.