In the winery, the clusters were destemmed and the must underwent a cold soak. Fermentation began with the inoculation of yeast strains tailored to each lot of grapes. Our maceration process during fermentation consisted of a combination of punch-down and pump-over techniques, each day the techniques would be reassessed to ensure that we were riding the line between over-extraction and under-extraction. The wine was aged in 60 percent new French oak for nine months. Lees were stirred until first racking upon completion of malolactic fermentation and again upon blending