2020 Kendrick 'Loup Solitaire' Pinot Noir

Region:  Petaluma Gap < Marin County < CAGrapes: Pinot NoirVineyard/Cellar Stats:  Practicing organic, no till farming on loam soils at the Kendrick vineyard on the Marin side of the border with Sonoma; fruit is mostly de-stemmed, 12 days maceration, no cold soak or extended maceration; neutral barrel aging; bottled unfined/unfiltered with low added So2; 70 cases; 13% ABVWinemaker: Stew KendrickNEW VINTAGE!  Stewart Johnson farms the Kendric Johnson Vineyard on leased land just south of the Petaluma Gap, and makes the wine from this 8.5 acre vineyard he planted in 2002 and reaped the first harvest in 2004.  He might also be the brightest and most-educated winemaker around.  He graduated from UC Berkeley, obtained a doctorate in political science from Yale, and graduated with a law degree from Hastings. While interning at the EPA, he was drawn to be in the field instead of an office practicing law. And we're so happy that he pivoted, because we're loving Loup Solitaire, his newish