"The 2023s from Ryan Deovlet are a beautiful representation of the cool, prolonged growing season, transparently capturing each site with a consistently understated yet detailed style. As ever, the concise lineup centers on Burgundian varieties sourced from Zotovich, La Encantada and Sanford & Benedict, complemented by Bordeaux-variety bottlings from Happy Canyon. For the wines from Sta. Rita Hills, Deovlet contrasts several of his contemporaries by accentuating differences between sites through a tailored approach for each wine rather than treating each vineyard symmetrically. Pinot Noir fermentations are native, and extraction is gentle, relying more on pump-overs rather than punch-downs. The Zotovich and Sanford & Benedict sites ferment with around one-third whole-cluster retention and analogous percentages of new 228-liter barrels from Billon and Chassin, respectively. The La Encantada is fermented with fewer whole clusters and matures in neutral 500-liter barrels. The Pinot Noirs spend 16-18 months in barrel, except for the Zotovich bottling, which is aged for 12 months before finishing maturation in sandstone amphora.

 

Vintage	2013
Varietal	Pinot Noir
Appellation	Sta. Rita Hills
Vineyard	John Sebastiano
Alcohol	13.90%
Volume	750 ml