Since the 1994 vintage, the best part of Navarro's Pinot Noir has been pre-sold a year before release. We call our favorite Pinot Noir the Deep End Blend. Deep End is an old Boontling term for the chilly northwestern edge of the Anderson Valley where the grapes, cooled by ocean breezes, mature slowly and ripen late. This wine is a blend of our best lots from our best Deep End vineyards aged in our best barrels so it is a special wine that we can only produce in a limited quantity. Five components were selected for the 2009 Deep End Blend Pinot Noir with one site and one clone dominating. Clone 777 is known for its rose-petal aromatics and fine tannin structure. Middle Ridge, the coolest and our last site to ripen, was the largest contributor to the blend.
Tasting a barrel sample before a wine is packaged and bottle-aged requires skill and imagination. It takes experience to predict how a wine will taste a year down the road. Navarro's Pre-Release members have practiced the art of barrel sampling Navarro Pinot Noir since the 1994 vintage at the August Futures Offering and Barrel Tasting and they reserve most of it.
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2009 Futures are available for pick up or delivery in 2011. Shipping and tax paid at time of delivery.
Navarro's Middle Ridge vineyards are located about 900 feet above the valley floor. Ocean breezes, southwest-facing slopes, well drained soil and excellent clonal selections, including Dijon 777, makes the Pinot Noir grown on these ocean view vineyards our favorite in 2009.
Selling Navarro's Deep End Blend Pinot Noir as futures to our web friends allows us to reserve our best Pinot Noir to our most connected customers at an old-fashioned price. We will bottle the 2009 Deep End Blend in February 2011, then bottle-age it in our cellar another six months. Wine purchased as futures will be available for pick up or delivery in 2011 from mid-August until November. Price does not include sales tax or shipping which will be collected when the wine is shipped. The futures offering ends when the quantities set aside are fully subscribed and no later than August 25, 2010. Futures are available in a six pack, a twelve pack or a two bottle magnum pack. |
