Our winemaking approach with the 2006 vintage honors the traditions Bob Sessions maintained during his thirty-year tenure but also conforms to the events of the growing season. With nearly one-third less fruit than the previous vintage, we barrel-fermented a larger fraction of the wine. This increased proportion relative to the tank-fermented portion has encouraged the development of a sur-lie character that has not played a prominent role in other vintages. Filled to one-third new French oak barrels in the traditional manner, the 2006 displays a purity of expression with minerality and honest varietal character that speaks to the singularity of Hanzell Vineyard's terroir. The signature is unmistakably ‘Hanzell’ but also shows the approach to the vintage, with the dramatically lower crop due to frost, the introduction of a new trellis, and finally in the winemaking choices.