The fruit for this wine was harvested on the 7th and 14th October. The fruit was gently de-stemmed by Amity's Euro Select and dumped into 1.5-ton fermenters. After a five-day cold soak and daily pump-over's the yeasts, Melody, F15, & F83, were added to the individual fermenters. Fermentation ran two weeks with a temperature range of 60°to 80° Fahrenheit and each fermenter received morning and evening punch downs. The wines were allowed a three-day post-fermentation maceration before gentle pressing and racking to barrel. After 10 months in barrel the wines were racked off to tank for blending, cold stabilized, run through our cross flow filter, and then bottled. Character: Sunnyside Vineyards is Amity's oldest supplying vineyard and consistently has been a central component of their reserve Pinot noirs. This wine is loaded with aromas of currant, red cherry, spice and violets. It is well structured with a lasting finish of cocoa, spice and cherry.