Winemaker Notes
This Pinot Noir has bright cherry notes, floral aromatics, and an elegant finish.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Dusty tannins paired with voluptuously ripe fruit notes of red plum, boysenberry and mixed-berry bramble make this robust expression of Pinot Noir the perfect companion to heartier fare.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2021 Bogle Family Vineyards Pinot Noir shows excellent power and finesse. TASTING NOTES: This wine displays aromas and flavors of black fruits, black licorice, and some oakiness. Pair it with grilled lamb chops. (Tasted: June 1, 2023, San Francisco, CA)
Internationally recognized for gorgeous, pure fruit combined with great elegance, California Pinot noir thrives among the state’s cooler, coastal zones. Characterized by eclectic flavors and aromas of strawberry, black cherry, plum and potpourri with notes of forest floor, mushroom or black tea, the best California Pinot noir boast a supple texture and good acidity, giving them the ability to improve with age.
Credited with the beginning of Pinot noir’s glory in California, two growers, Joe Rochioli and Joseph Swan in the late 1960s independently planted Pinot noir vineyards in the Russian River Valley of Sonoma County. Today Sonoma County remains the leading producer of Pinot noir in the state, and Pinot noir is the leading red grape in the county, achieving its highest potential, in the Russian River Valley and Sonoma Coast.
Other coastal appellations where Pinot noir flourishes include Carneros, Anderson Valley and most of the Central Coast.