Winemaker Notes
The 2017 Sea View Ridge Pinot Noir boasts violets, blackberry, mission fig and distinctive notes of wet forest and sea air. On the palate, sweeter berry fruits, hints of bay laurel, oolong tea and vanilla are supported by soft, feathery tannins. The most fruit-driven wine of the vintage, this wine perfectly captures the elegance of our Sea View Ridge Estate Vineyard. Made with 100% Pinot Noir.
Professional Ratings
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Jeb Dunnuck
More framboise, dried flowers, spice, and forest floor notes emerge from the 2017 Pinot Noir Sea View Ridge Vineyard, a beautifully textured, seamless 2017 that offers bright acidity, a charming, layered style, no hard edges, and a great finish. It's well worth seeking out and is a beautiful, elegant, complex Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2017 Pinot Noir Seaview Ridge is pale to medium ruby with aromas of lush black cherries, baked cranberries, orange peel, warm dusty earth and rhubarb with hints of Earl Grey tea and a lovely spicy undercurrent. Very spicy in the mouth, it's light to medium-bodied and silky with seamlessly woven grainy tannins and a long, nuanced finish.
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Wine Enthusiast
This is a feral, earthy and layered wine from the famous coastal site, woven with compost, black tea and savory cardamom character. The fruit is tart and intriguing, a mix of pomegranate, rhubarb and wild strawberry that match well with the accents and grippy texture.
The Sonoma Coast AVA is large in area but, not counting overlapping regions like Russian River Valley, only has a few thousand acres of grapevines—and it’s no wonder. Much of the region is rugged and not easily accessible. Its proximity to the Pacific Ocean’s fog and cool breezes limits the varieties that can be cultivated, but it proves to be an ideal environment for high quality Pinot Noir.
Since fog is a frequent fact of life here, as are heavy marine layers that sometimes bring rain, the best vineyards are wisely planted above the fog line, on picturesque ridges that capture enough sun to provide even ripening. That, with the overnight drop in temperature that reliably preserves acidity, results in fine expressions of Pinot Noir that often receive tremendous critic and consumer praise alike, and are often in high demand.