And when a bottle is labeled as being sourced from a single clone, as is the case with this iteration from Bouchaine’s 104-acre estate, it is easy to geek out about it. It doesn’t get more inside baseball for wine lovers than talk about the variations in clones. If you plan on drinking it in its youth, we recommend decanting it first. Pommard clone UCD 5 was introduced to Oregon by Dick Erath and Charles Coury as part of their joint nursery venture in the early 1970s. 2017 Bouchaine Vineyards Pommard Clone Estate Pinot Noir. This wine should mature beautifully through 2016. On the palate, it is surprisingly supple and soft for a wine with as much aging potential as this possesses. The nose reveals an inviting combination of deep berry aromas and spicy, toasty oak notes. This provided a lot of density and tannin to the 2007 Sonoma Coast.Īs is traditionally the case, our 2007 Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir is the most structured of our four Pinot Noir releases. Jay Morris owns this vineyard and provided Freeman with some of his 115 clone in 2007. This was winemaker’s dream, although we wish we had three times as much fruit from Guidici.Ī new site for Freeman in 2007 is the Morris Ranch, located in the Petaluma Gap, just east of Petaluma. 2007 was a typical light crop at Guidici at right around 1 ton per acre. Freeman receives all 8 acres of the Pinot Noir from Guidici. Expertly farmed by Charlie Chenoweth, this is Freeman’s most secluded and peaceful Pinot site.
High above the town of Occidental is Leonard and Geri Guidici’s vineyard. The 2007 crop at Sexton was quite a bit smaller than 2006, so the concentration of flavors was spectacular. We receive two clones of Pinot Noir at Pratt: 2A, which is a Swiss clone, also known as Wadenswil, and Pommard, a French clone. 2007 was our second year working with Jim who is widely regarded as one of Sonoma County’s best growers. Just down the road from Rayhill is Jim Pratt’s Sexton Road property. Not only does Rayhill make up the largest percentage of this wine, but it also was selected as a major contributor to the ’07 Akiko’s Cuvée. There were also a few suitcase selections such as the Coury 'clone. In 2007 we received 13 tons of densely colored and spicy Sonoma Coast fruit. In the early 1970s, three Pinot Noir clones were available from Davis: Wädenswil, Pommard and a third minor clone mislabeled as Gamay Beaujolais. The Rayhill Vineyard on Falstaff Road is an 8 acre site planted to four Dijon clones of Pinot Noir. This year’s wine includes four vineyards from the Sebastopol Hills and Petaluma Gap areas of the Sonoma Coast appellation. Freeman started in 2002 with a Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir made up of two vineyards.
The 2007 Freeman Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir is the sixth vintage of our “flagship” wine.
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