The 'Mascarin' Pinot Noir is a special bottling of 100% Pinot Noir from the Moonshine vineyard, fermented with the whole grape cluster to give the resulting wine a structure with which to carry all the delicate flavors of the aromatic wine for years to come.
This vineyard was originally planted to 8’ rows. With the help of, and at the direction of Matt Taylor, the Martinellis inter-planted a row throughout this 7 acre block in 2011 making it a high-density vineyard (4’ row spacing) that is hand farmed. What took some time for the inter-plantings to gain a foothold has turned into some of the best fruit we harvest as these now 13 year old vines are low-yielding and extremely complex.
The soils is Huichicha soil, Clay loam with some cobble stone. Matt works closely with the Martinelli Family to farm this vineyard each year, ensuring that we are able to harvest fruit that we are proud to make into Mascarin wine.
