Lady of the Sunshine Pinot Noir 2023

Where: SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, California
Grapes: Pinot Noir 
Body: Medium 
Category: Red Wine

From the winemaker, Gina Giugui : 

This vintage is a composite blend of the steepest hillside blocks that sit on Monterey formation rock bed.  This site is naturally devigored and makes for concentrated, small clusters that achieve stem lignification early on.  The grapes were fermented with 100% whole-cluster with light extraction during fermentation.  The wine was pressed in our wooden basket press at dryness and aged for 10 months in neutral french oak barrels before being racked for the first time to bottle, unfined and unfiltered, with minimal sulfur used.  302 cases were produced. 

Think crushed raspberries, violets & dried roses with chalky tannin

Fun fact: All of the pieces of artwork for the labels are hand stitched embroideries and her mother's handwriting is even on the corks. 

Gina Giugni is a second generation biodynamic farmer and winemaker. Gina started Lady of the Sunshine in 2017, with a focus on regenerative, organic, and biodynamic farming in pursuit of making natural wines that reflect the purity of the place they come from. Gina also farms, full time, the 6.5 acre Chene Vineyard, located in the Edna Valley appellation. Since her takeover in 2018, the vineyard is now a Demeter certified biodynamic vineyard. Gina and her husband, Mikey, run Scar of the Sea and Lady of the Sunshine together out of their winery in San Luis Obispo, CA.  

biodynamic //  native yeasts // hand harvested // unfined + unfiltered // vegan // low sulfites // woman winemaker

2023 //  750ml // ABV 12.4%