Introducing: Jean-Luc Pommard and Fifi Gris!
We've had two new additions to the Sokol Blosser family! Fifi Gris, a lovely and bright French Dijon clone of Pinot Gris, and Jean-Luc Pommard, a serious and layered Pinot Noir vine, have graciously become the representatives of our estate vineyard. Here are their stats:
Planted in 2000, Jean-Luc Pommard is a Pommard clone of Pinot Noir in Sokol Blosser's Peach Tree Block. He stands at an elevation of 350 feet in the Dundee Hills' rich red Jory soil. This fall, he hopes to be part of a new single block designated wine, called Peach Tree Block Pinot Noir.
Fifi Gris stands slightly lower in elevation at 225 feet in silt loam soil as part of Sokol Blosser's Cattail Block of Pinot Gris, along the road up to the winery. As a Colmar 146 clone, she will be part of our 2005 Dundee Hills Cuvée Pinot Gris. Planted in 1998, she knows how high the grape standards are for Sokol Blosser's delicious Pinot Gris!
We'll be providing updates on the progress of our two obliging vines every week as the summer progresses. Until then - au revoir!