2014 Chateau de Fonsalette (Rayas), Cotes du Rhone Rouge, Rhone Valley, France Julien Brocard All Pinot from the Washington

All Pinot from the Washington side of the gorge from an own rooted site planted in 1973

Total SO2: 35 mg/L

Maceration with the skins lasts around 4 months (warmer vintages usually entail a shorter time on the skins and the cooler ones a longer stretch)

200 bottles made

even fermentation and a long post-fermentation maceration

2014 Chateau de Fonsalette (Rayas), Cotes du Rhone Rouge, Rhone Valley, France Julien Brocard All Pinot from the Washington50% Grenache, 35% Cinsault, 15% Syrah. Whole bunch fermentation. The wine is aged for three months in enamel vats, then aged for 12 months in old liter casks 450 and liter casks for Grenache and Syrah, and large barrels for Cinsault.