Joseph Phelps Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir Freestone Vineyards 2023 0426JACKSON Fermented and aged in barrel

Fermented and aged in barrel

25-30 ppm total SO2 at bottling

The fruit comes from one organically farmed acre at Adel's Vineyard

planted in 2011 in classic red Jory soil

and a return to the old Burgundian template

Joseph Phelps Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir Freestone Vineyards 2023 0426JACKSON Fermented and aged in barrelIn the late 1990s, when few dared plant Pinot Noir this close to the ocean, Joseph Phelps went to Freestone and helped launch the true Sonoma Coast movement. The estate vineyards sit on Goldridge soil deep, well drained ancient seabed within a few miles of the Pacific, where persistent fog and wind stretch the growing season out and hold on to acidity. 2023 stretched it further than most: record winter rain pushed budbreak back by roughly a month and