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Wine Details
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Crush took place 09/27/03. The earliest harvest date in the history of Freja Vineyard. A long hot dry summer did it's magic. Tonnage was back down to 1.9 tons/acre with 1.6 tons per acre for the reserve. Intense color due to very thick skins. We kept the skin contact time to two weeks instead of our usual three weeks o keep the tannins under control. Despite this it has big tannins, lots of bramble fruit and good acid levels for a balanced wine. This will be a long term ager. Average brix was 23, our high elevation saved us from having too high sugar(produces too much alcohol for pinot noir) and the acids held up nicely. Should be a great vintage but will need more bottle age than normal. This will get us very close to our benchmark of making a Volnay style wine. The Reserve out of this vintage will be a monster. Will be released sometime in 2006/2007.
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