Lost & Found, Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley, Sonoma County, California 2013

Lost and Found has a unique aesthetic and uncompromising commitment to quality.

Released after one year in barrel and three years in bottle, the Lost & Found Pinot Noir is from the Bartolomei Vineyard in the Green Valley section of the Russian River Valley.

The amphitheater-shaped vineyard is planted to three clones, each vinified separately. The top section—"the hill"—is planted to Clone 113 and fermented whole cluster. Clone 777 and heritage Jackson Clone 16 comprise the majority of the vineyard and are de-stemmed.

Fermentation and malolactic were spontaneous. The wine was aged in two- to five-year-old French oak and not racked until bottling. After ten months, the three lots were combined for final bottling, then left to rest for three years.