Be Forever Wild Pinot Noir 2021
This great value Pinot Noir is medium to full-bodied with typical flavors of dark cherries, other dark fruit andoaky notes on the finish. Only 250 cases made.
Along cold soak with non fermenting yeast precedes the start of the native fermentation of each clone. Fermented in open top tanks the must is allowed to warm to 65 degrees and not over 82 degrees. Délestage and gentle gravity-fed pump-overs are the extraction method used for each clone. The four clones are aged in 100% french, medium and light toasted barrels with 25% new barrels for 9 months before being blended into this classic cool climate Pinot.
Our Be-Forever Wild Pinot Noir grapes are sustainably farmed on multiple well drained south-facing blocks enjoying the strong Sonoma County afternoon sun! "ll of our Be-Forever Wild blocks surround our Forever Wild Open Space# a natural ecosystem that has evolved to support natural pest management without the need for harmful chemical applications! $he ancient riverbed %ussian %iver soils and the combination of multiple clones in the &nal blend creates a perfectly rounded# distinctive Pinot Noir uni'ue to our cool climate property!
Bob and Renee Stein purchased the 710-acre Russian River Valley estate that included a working vineyard in 1992. The property was previously the famous Balverne Cellars run by John Kongsgaard and Doug Nalle and the wines poured in many famous restaurants and even the White House in the 70’s and 80’s. In the first years the Steins continued to sell the vineyard fruit to many well-known Napa and Sonoma wineries as they recreated their sustainable vision for what would eventually become the Notre Vue Estate. Their winemaker, Alex Holman is also an enologist and science major and has been winemaker and/or estate manager at Dry Creek Vineyard, Paul Hobbs Winery and Keller Estate. Alex employs a low intervention method of winemaking that goes hand in hand with the Estate’s sustainability and land preservation goals. The team has worked with determination to weave together the rugged wildlands and agricultural landscape in a way that would allow both to thrive with equal beauty and strength. As part of this effort, the Steins made the decision to protect 350 acres of Forever Wild open space in perpetuity.
The Vineyard and Winery are also Certified Sonoma Sustainable.
Their Sonoma County estate is extending from the renowned Russian River Valley into the unique volcanic soils and 700’ elevations that produce the famous red wines of the Chalk Hill appellation. Only the top 10% of the Estate’s grapes are used to produce less than 5.000 cases. And each wine is 100% Estate grown, produced and bottled in small lots.