California - Petaluma Gap - Keller Estate - ‘La Cruz Vineyard’ Pinot Noir

Over 30 years ago, the Keller family began producing organically farmed Estate wine to capture the distinct soil, topography, and climate our property. This terroir-driven philosophy enables us to guide the process from vine to bottle, creating beautifully
balanced and expressive wines with a true sense of place.

La Cruz Vineyard Pinot Noir has deep garnet colour with notes of cassis and citrus on the nose. In the mouth, note of black currant are revealed alongside supple, integrated tannins. The wine has a lovely aromatic depth reminiscent of red peppercorns and spiced cake.

At Keller Estate, we harvest our fruit at night to ensure that the fruit is cool when it arrives at the winery in the morning. Cool evenings are a signature of the Petaluma Gap, and Northern California in general, even during droughts and most heat spikes. Once at the winery, we de-stem the clusters into whole berries and chill berries for 24 hours to initiate a cold soak period. The fermentations are native yeasts, indigenous to this area, hence our care to farm regeneratively. 

SPECIFICATIONS

STYLE: Red

GRAPE VARIETY: Pinot Noir

ABV: 14.1%

COUNTRY: California

REGION: Petaluma Gap

PRODUCER: Ana Keller