The new barrel (a Rousseau, Troncais, Medium-Long Toast) was sourced through my friend, Jerome Aubin. The 115/667 field-blend is aging there. The 2nd barrel, which holds the 777 is an '01 Gargaud & Jaegle that's nearly neutral (after being used for several years at Freeman Winery). My hope is that there will be a harmonius final blend between the new-oak batch & the no-oak batch...
Some of the red-winemakers that are "references" for Rousseau include: Domaine Bize-Leroy (Vosne Romanee), Bouchard Aine, Acacia (Carneros), Sanford (Santa Barbara), Rosenblum (Northern Cali), Archery Summit (Willamette Valley), Cristom (Willamette Valley), Chehalem (Willamette Valley), Rex Hill (Willamette Valley), Gary Farrell (Russian River Valley), Lynmar (Russian River Valley), Seghesio (Sonoma), Siduri (various, CA & OR), Testarossa (Santa Cruz Mountains), Joseph Phelps (Napa), Kosta Browne (Russian River Valley), Gibbston Valley (Central Otago), Quartz Reef (Central Otago).
228 liters each (typical Burgundy barrel)
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