SPECIAL PROJECTS SUN AND STONE PINOT NOIR 2025

RED wine
WINE MAKER: Dan Rinke
VINTAGE: 2025
LOCATION: McMinnville, Willamette Valley
VINEYARDS: Morning Mist 
ASPECT: gentle hills
ALTITUDE: 700 feet 
VINE AGE: 2012
SOIL COMPOSITION: mixed volcanic
PREVAILING CLIMATE & LOCAL CLIMACTIC: Mediterranean, cold winters
FARMING: organic / biodynamic
GRAPE COMPOSITION: Pinot Noir
HARVEST: by hand, 3rd week of September
MACERATION: 5 days 10% whole cluster
FERMENTATION: Fast, hot and in a tank
AGING: tank
FINING & FILTRATION: None
So2: 15 ppm
ALC: 13%
BOTTLED:  2/24/2026
BOTTLES PRODUCED: 1100

Sun and Stone is a low extract, barely red Pinot Noir, 80% direct press, 20% whole cluster, fast fermentation, short maceration, pressed, settled and bottled.