Like many vineyards in this vintage, yields were a bit below average at Papera Ranch but still a respectable 2.75 tons to the acre (more typical is 3 to 3.25 tons per acre).  The lighter load proved to be fortuitous though as the fruit was ready to be picked on September 8th, just two days into the heatwave.  Being our largest lot, we were able to divide the fully-destemmed fruit across four different tanks, treating each tank a bit differently to create as broad of a flavor and aroma palette as possible.  The strategy worked as blending trials revealed that three tanks and just under half of the fourth tank produced the finest wine.  Unfined.  Unfiltered.  A more than worthy follow-up to the 2021 which landed at #21 on the Wine Spectator’s 2024 Top 100 list.