Drum & Fife is Pommard in a late vintage, slow ripening, firm skins, and the kind of structure that makes you want to stay at the table. Block 1B delivered darker fruit and a more assertive tannin signature, and we leaned into that personality with classic extraction and a measured percentage of new oak. It opens on dark cherry, blackberry, orange peel, forest floor spice, then finishes with that Pommard “march”: lightly grippy, long, steady, anchored.

Studio Notes
• From the vineyard: Block 1B, volcanic Jory, Pommard clone, LIVE certified, farmed with organic principles
• In the cellar: Native yeast, 100% destemmed, 4 day cold soak, macro bins, pumpovers then punchdowns, 10 months French oak, 33% new
• Tech at a glance: Harvest October 2, 2022 (23.3° Brix), 13.3% alc, TA 5.7 g/L, pH 3.39, residual sugar 0 g/L (dry), 75 cases

Naming Inspiration
Drum & Fife, Smashing Pumpkins. Named for that steady power underneath it all.