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Purple Hands - Pinot Noir - Lone Oak Ranch 2015
Tasting notes
Sweet saddle leather, red raspberry, cinnamon clove, cherry candy, black pepper spice, lavender, cotton candy, smokey vanilla, honey crisp acidity,
and fresh watermelon.
Ageing
12 months in barrel
75% Neutral oak
25% New oak
75% Neutral oak
25% New oak
Fermentation
Native fermentations
small open top fermenters
Hand plunged and macerated
un fined and unfiltered
small open top fermenters
Hand plunged and macerated
un fined and unfiltered
Vintage
2015, a vintage full of beautiful weather and wonderful warm nights, brought a second consecutive spectacular growing season to Oregon. 2015 was one of the largest fruit yielding vintages on record, tied with 2009. The perfect weather during bloom and flower set the vines to dense berry and cluster size. Density of the clusters averaged 200 grams at harvest. As the rain came in late October, harvest was well over and wineries were concluding fermentation. The key to Purple Hands Winery’s outstanding flavors and balanced wines was timing the harvest before temperatures soared and all acid was lost.
