Winemaker Notes
Dark and brilliant red hues. The nose displays delicate fresh picked strawberry, wild raspberry, and fresh thyme. A hallmark nose of cool-climate, West Coast AVA Sonoma Pinot Noir. The nose also exhibits a whiff of polished French oak and undertones and star anise. The palate is medium-bodied with an alluring weight and texture. Influenced by the perfectly grown and hand harvest fruit. The velvety tannins along with cherry and strawberry fruit keep the palate elongation very long. Finishes with refreshing mouth-watering acidity. Clearly a new age, terroir-driven contemporary Pinot Noir with style and focus.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
A ripe, savory red with dried strawberry, peach pit and milk chocolate. Some walnuts, too. Full body, juicy tannins and a flavorful finish. Organically farmed.
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.