Charlatan is the very finest Pinot Noir we make. In fact, only three barrels were ultimately selected for the 2013 Charlatan, and just 69 cases were bottled.
Wonderfully rich and complex, with layers of pear, apple, citrus and melon flavors that are long and intense on the finish.
This wine was made using native yeasts and malolactic bacteria. The fermentation was long and slow with the two lots finishing the secondary fermentation in April of 2017. The blended wine was dry, stable and bottled without fining or filtration.
The initial nose is full and fruit driven, offering up ripe notes of rich red cherry, wild strawberry and toasted oak. On the palate, the wine is big and fills the mouth, dominated by ripe Bing cherries accentuated with notes of cola and vanilla. As the wine opens, it begins to show added complexity, offering up nuances of rose petals, mushroom and forest floor. The finish is long with lingering candied cherry and cola, giving way to a refined, well integrated tannic structure and mouth-watering end.
