“Beyond Organic” – The next level of quality farming
We – Ken Wright and I - are totally committed to a farming practice that goes “Beyond Organic”. Ken calls it “nutrition based farming”. It emphasizes creating conditions in the soil that not only provide for the plants health but also to promote a thriving population of positive microorganisms. This positive population delivers minerals that the vine on its own is unable to uptake and ultimately affects the volume of aroma and flavor in the resulting wine. Continuous testing for plant and soil nutrition gives us the information necessary to develop a personalized farming plan that addresses a particular sites deficiency.
What makes it “Beyond Organic”? Rather than simply avoiding the use of a list of unacceptable chemicals our approach pro actively addresses the needs of each vineyard with the aim of getting each site to its nutritional balance point.
All of the amendments used are natural preparations. Because soil is inherently dense these preparations may take years to get the desired effect as they work their way through the soil profile. It isn’t uncommon for a farming plan to need three to five years for results to be realized.
Truly healthy vines have an amazing ability to resist disease, abide adverse weather and perform at a high photo synthetically active level that promotes true physiological ripeness of the fruit and ultimately incredibly expressive wine.
Angela Pinot Noir 2007
Rating: 92
"Medium ruby in color, the bouquet is initially a bit restrained but soon opens up with a forward note of terroir and minerals over perfectly ripe black raspberry and blueberry aromas, along with a subtle hit of oak spice. Plush and forward, it shows surprising richness on the palate entry, but regains its balance deftly. Soft and rich dark berry flavors are tinted with colas and tea notes. This is a bolder style of Pinot with a long and lush finish."
Michael Sorg, Voices of Wine