Lingua Franca Mimi's Mind Eola-Amity Hills Pinot Noir 2021

Winter was extremely cold, with a historic ice storm that left the region without power for two weeks. It remained cool and wet throughout early spring, but warmed up in time to have a major heat dome event at the end of June with record-breaking 47°C temperatures. The resiliency of our non-irrigated soils, having fractured basalt as both an insulator as well as source of stored water meant that our vines had almost no negative effect and remained verdant all the way through. The heat event reduced mildew pressure from a wet spring and the harvest proceeded with fruit in perfect balance and excellent, moderately cool conditions.

94 Pts. "Shows elegance and vitality, with multilayered raspberry and cranberry flavours accented by crushed stone, black tea and rose petal tones, which gather tension and structure toward medium-grained tannins. Drink now through 2031."
- Wine Spectator

In 2021, 35% of the fruit from Mimi's was fermented with whole clusters, almost equally for both clones. The rest of the fruit was sorted by hand and then machine, then destemmed gently so that only whole berries go into the fermenters for a more precise flavour profile. After fermentation with wild yeast, gentle pump overs and a few punch downs towards the end of fermentation, Mimi's is aged in 23% new oak and the rest neutral oak barriques.