2022 SMITH STORY FALL WINE RELEASE
2019 SMITH STORY The Boonies Pinot Noir Anderson Valley
150 cases.
Harvest Date: 9/16/2019
Fermentation: Destemmed, open top stainless steel, daily punch downs
Barrels/Aging: 35% new Burgundy, 65% used Burgundy barrels
ABV: 13.5 Bottle Date: 8/16/2021 Price: $64
Tasting Notes: Crimson rose petals on the nose and texture. An elegant and luxuriously smooth pinot noir. A beautifully balanced wine pairs ripe and round black-cherry and spice flavors with tangy underlying acidity that we adore. Mild tannins add to the sense of freshness and help create a lingering finish in typical Smith Story style.
2019 SMTH STORY Cabernet Franc, Sonoma County
160 cases.
Harvest Date: Sonoma Mtn. 10/18/2019, Russian River 10/10/2019
Fermentation: Both destemmed and separately fermented in open top stainless steel, daily punch downs
Barrels/Aging: Both aged separately in used Bordeaux (70%) and used Burgundy (30%)
ABV: 13.9 Bottling Date: 9/1/2021 Price: $56
Tasting Notes: A two-vineyard blend picked from our Pickberry vineyard on Sonoma Mountain and on the highest slopes in the Russian River Valley. This Cabernet Franc has a beautiful nose of cherries and cinnamon cake with brambly blackberries. Complex, elegant and utterly compelling, this is a brilliant Cabernet Franc! It hits all the buttons for us… fresh, elegant, perfumed and concentrated - clearly will age for decades and is mouthwateringly enjoyable now.
2019 SMITH STORY Pickberry Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma Mountain
290 cases.
Harvest Date: 10/18/2019
Fermentation: Destemmed, open top stainless steel, daily punch downs
Barrels/Aging: 100% used Bordeaux barrels
ABV: 14.9 Bottling Date: 9/1/1021 Price: $75
Tasting Notes: Soaring from the glass with aromas of blackberries, raspberries, rose petals, violets, pencil shavings. A Cabernet Sauvignon with a small percentage of Pickberry Vineyard Merlot and Cabernet Franc blended. This wine is “Sophia Loren” sumptuous, layered and sensual! It has a strikingly vibrant core of fruit that's framed by ripe, powdery tannins and bright acids, concluding with a seamless, powerful, yet incredibly sexy mouthfeel, polished tannins, and a great, great finish. It may be our best Cabernet Sauvignon yet, oh how special this wine is.
***All fruit arrived at least two-weeks prior to the Kincaid Wildfire***