The 2023 is aged in a thoughtful percentage of French oak
barrel fermented in French oak and aged sur lie for eleven months
This is a southern French red that leans aromatic and energetic rather than jammy and heavy
Made from a mosaic of own-rooted clones with a generous portion of whole clusters
Fermentation is with native yeasts on fully destemmed fruit after a cold soak
Baxter Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Langley Vineyard 2019 2025 L'Assemblage Part 1 The 2023 is aged inFour acres in the heart of the Anderson Valley, north of Boonville, planted to a Champagne clone that Roederer originally brought over for sparkling wine and Phil Baxter makes only about five barrels of it. Seven years on, the 2019 shows the darker, forest floor side of Anderson Valley Pinot: wild blackberry, sweet earth, dried herbs, and a finely woven structure off the site's rugged, gravelly soils. The method is the same across Baxter's range: hand