Appellation (AVA): Yountville, Napa Valley, CA

Vineyard: Yount Mill Vineyard

Grapes: 100% Pinot Meunier

Soil: Alluvial, gravel

Vinification: Fermented with 50% whole clusters in a small open top tank, with two manual punch downs per day. Pressed after 14 days and aged in neutral puncheons for eight months before bottling unfined and unfiltered.

Tasting Notes: Sour cherry, earthy, eucalyptus, floral. Minerality, earthiness, cranberry, fresh. Medium-bodied and dry.

Service and Food Pairing Suggestion: Serve with mushroom bourguignon. 

About the Label: All of the art on Matthiasson’s labels are stylized vintage pruning shears, as an homage to the vineyards and those that work with the vines. The labels with just one pruning shear indicate more limited production wines. The labels are created by noted graphic artist Michael McDermott, who “is interested in the relationship between people and the objects they leave behind and the translation of physical experiences into digital spaces.

Organic, dry-farmed. 750 ml. 11.5% alcohol by volume.