classic earthiness and clear minerality
choosing winemaking over law school
resulting in lower yields of very healthy grapes that delivered wines with nice balance between alcohol and polyphenols
moving all of their estate-owned vineyards toward organic certification and employing lots of biodynamic techniques as well
The original fruit character has transformed into subtle caramel
Dunites, Pinot Noir Cuvee Ella SLO Coast, 2024 so020224 new italy arrivals offer classic earthiness and clear mineralityThe Dunites wine project was established in 2015 by the husband and wife winemaking team of Tyler Eck and Rachel Goffinet Eck. They like, but do not overuse, whole cluster inclusion, as well as gentle pigeage, lees aging, neutral oak and minimization of sulfites, and their wines represent everything new and fresh and modern about today's Central Coast style. With impressively gentle tannin management, their Cuve Ella Pinot Noir was made with 20% whole