2019 Old World Winery Pinot Noir “Bloom”

Region: Russian River < Sonoma > CaliforniaGrapes: Pinot Noir      Vineyard/Cellar Stats: Organic farming; soils are powdery loam with sedimentary rock; grapes were stomped with 100% whole cluster and allowed to soak for 5 days of maceration on both skins and stems.  Wild Fermentation occurs naturally.  Then 9 months in neutral barrels, sur lie the entire time - never racked, then bottled unfined/unfiltered, with 20 ppm added SO2, 10.5% ABV; 100 casesWinemakers: Darek TrowbridgeDarek is one of the OG Cali natural winemakers, having made low-intervention wine in Sonoma for 20 years, way before it was a thing.  In fact, he named his winery ‘Old World’, because he’s all about a return to the old world methods of his grandfather Lino Martinelli (of Martinelli wine/cider fame), who started making wine in the early 1900s, with no technology or chemicals.  Derek adds nothing to the wine except a minimal amount of protective sulfur before bottling. He directly farms or manages the farmin