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Bybee Vineyards and Habitat

Bybee Vineyards and Habitat

Bybee Vineyards and Habitat
9499 Mill Station Rd
Sebastopol, California
USA CA
Phone: (707) 823-9001
http://bpinot.com/Home.html

Contact: Gerald Bybee
Email: [email protected]

Exclusively Pinot Noir, Bpinot wines are handcrafted from 100% certified organic grapes, estate grown in the heart of the Green Valley sub-appellation of the Russian River Valley AVA. Cold nights, cool morning fogs, riparian habitat, and sandy-loam Goldridge soils yield California’s best pinot noir grapes. This area, the Green Valley Crossroads of the old Gravenstein Highway and Occidental Road is earning a reputation as the epicenter of the "new-Burgundian" pinot noir movement.

Bybee vineyards & Habitat estate is located adjacent to the renowned 30-year-old Hartford Family Arrendell pinot noir vineyard bordering the nutrient rich Atascadero Creek. flood plain Cultivating pinot noir grapes in this riparian micro-climate is challenging not only for us, the growers, but for the vines themselves. Yet, they reward us with complex, beguiling, world-class fruit exuding the essence of this unique Green Valley riparian terroir.

These acclaimed wines are literally grown in the vineyards. Our biodynamic and certified organic farming practices are gentle, yet effective, and allow the fruit to develop naturally without synthetic chemical interference and stimulation. Bpinot wines are "green" from the ground up.

The winemaker’s challenge is to allow the grapes to express themselves, their vintage and this unique terroir with minimal intervention. This "new-Burgundian", "Green Valley" winemaking style can only be accomplished in very small lots and through consistent caring and clear intentions of the growers, workers and winemakers from bud break through bottling. Our pinot noirs are never manipulated. They are naturally low in sulfites and alcohol, with balanced acidity and pH . They are bottled unfiltered and not fined and bottle-aged in a temperature and humidity controlled environment to drink well upon release. But, like old-world wines of their Burgundian heritage, Bpinot Pinot Noir wines will cellar well and become more nuanced with age. Consequently Bpinot wines will enhance a cellar list from first release and over time.

We produced 336 cases of our 2006 RRV Estate Pinot Noir . This "new-Burgundian" style pinot is ruby colored, rich with overtures of dark red fruits, blackberry and cherry, accented by hints of sassafras, cola and spice. Its sensuous mouth feel is the result of balanced natural acidity and PH, moderate alcohol and silky tannins. Our minimalist approach to winemaking allows the fruit to fully express its density of flavor and character derived from this unique “terroir”.

Our 2006 Sera Proprietors' Reserve Pinot Noir reflects the strengths of the site and the vintage. We crafted only 144 cases from select blocks, rows, clones and barrels. This reserve wine is barrel aged 15 months using a higher percentage of new French Oak from the Allier and Troncais forests. It is then bottle-aged and monitored a minimum of 10 months before we consider it ready for release. This wine is never rushed to market and is available only online directly from the winery website and allocated to select fine restaurants and wine purveyors who understand this style of Pinot Noir.

To accompany the Bpinot estate-grown Pinot Noirs, we create a Rosè of Pinot Noir produced from 100% organic whole cluster grapes harvested from one select, very cold block of pinot dijon clone #777, a clonal variety often used in sparkling wine. This very small production, fine wine is no afterthought or a secondary bottling of juice bled from our pinot noir process . It is a meticulously crafted, low-alcohol, dry, light-hued, Rosé. It is an elegant European style fine wine created literally from the ground up to pair with fresh cuisine and beloved friends.

Winemaker: Shaun Bybee

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