Ampelos Lambda Ampelos Vineyard Pinot Noir

”soil. Vines. Wines. This is the order in which great wine is made. Ampelos is the greek word for vine. The greek symbol lambda: the magnitude is used mathematically as a cosmological constant – big number. This wine reveals the magnitude of our vineyard. The relationship we cultivate with our land is paramount in producing hand crafted minimally invasive wines that both whisper and shout about the terroir from which they are grown. Our ampelos vineyard in sta. Rita hills is the first in the us to be certified sustainable organic and biodynamic. Our commitment to natural farming and winemaking is evident in every sip. Wine making style: after we harvested the fruit it will stay 1 day in our cold room to avoid using dry ice. The fruit is cold soaked for about 3 days and then the natural wild yeast will kick in for the primary fermentation. We hand punch down twice a day to assist the extraction of colors tannins and flavors. When it has completed primary fermentat