After the devastating loss of the 2010 crop to the freak heat event of August 23rd and 24th, it was a huge relief to get the 2011 into tank.  I’m sure owner Stuart Coulson felt the same!  We weren’t sure how the 77-year-old vines would respond after the damage but man did they deliver the goods (nearly 2.4 tons to the acre!), resulting in a Papera that qualitatively rivals the 2009, one of our favorites to date.  Picked October 1st.  Twenty days on the skins.  All French oak, 25% new.  Unfined and unfiltered.