2015 Pinot Noir The Cauldron 1.5L

Standing conspicuously tall above the surrounding stubby little French-style vines in the domaine of the Currents, the High Wire Chardonnay is a magnificent anachronism.  Planted in 1977 to the pre-Prohibition "Wente Clone," on a 1970's trellis (the California Sprawl), the High Wire was long disparaged as the ugly duckling of the vineyard.  It stubbornly resisted all attempts to graft it over or re-train it into submission, and the ugly duckling ultimately grew into the regal long-necked swan that it was meant to be.

The High Wire is part of our new "Beyond the Blocks" series.