Clos de la Tech Santa Cruz Mountains Estates Pinot Noir 2017
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Notes from the Winemaker
OVERVIEW
With caves tunneling deep into a vine-covered ridge in the Santa Cruz Mountains and vineyards so steep they have to be farmed with a unique, specially designed tractor moved by cables, Clos de la Tech is one of the most ambitious and innovative Pinot Noir producers in California. The winery was established in 1994 and continues to be operated by TJ Rodgers, founder and retired CEO of Cypress Semiconductor, and his wife,
Valeta. Some of the highlights at Clos de la Tech include extreme growing conditions, high-altitude terrain, vine-by-vine farming, high-density planting (4,150 vines per acre), low yields, innovative equipment, gravity-flow winery, whole cluster fermentations with native yeast, and no filtration.
VINEYARD
Clos de la Tech’s five Pinot Noirs come from three estate vineyards: Domaine du Docteur Rodgers (1 acre, hand-farmed site in Woodside), Domaine Valeta (3.5 acres, 2,350 feet above sea level in the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA) and Domaine Lois Louise (an extraordinarily steep, ocean-exposed, 240-acre property in the Santa Cruz
Mountains AVA). The fruit for the “Santa Cruz Mountains Estates” comes primarily from steep, south-facing hillsides. Low yields (less than two tons per acre) and coastal weather conditions conspired to create a wine with incredible depth and power.
WINE MAKING
The fruit was hand harvested between September 26th and October 5th, 2017. After a 5-to-10-day cold soak, the grapes underwent traditional vinification methods including foot crushing, whole cluster fermentation with native yeast, malolactic fermentation on lees and gravity transfer (no pumping). The wine was aged in Francois Frères barrels (Bertrange Forest) for 19 months and bottled unfiltered.
TASTING NOTES
Santa Cruz Mountains Estates. Ronn Wiegand: “A Delicious Pinot Noir (****). Intense and very rip and fruity (cherry, raspberry, red currant), with toasty-oaky overtones, and an herbal, peppery spiciness. The palate is luscious in texture and flavor, with medium richness, excellent balance, and harmonious, long finish. With medium tannin,
it drinks well now but will develop and continue to improve through 2026.”
STATISTICS
Composition: 100% Pinot Noir
Vineyard: Santa Cruz Mountains Estates
Barrel Aging: 19 months in Francois Frères French oak barrels (81% new)
pH: 3.60
TA: 0.63g
Alcohol: 13.9
Production: 2,028 cases
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