Winemaker Notes
Crafted using the most exceptional barrels of wine from Treehouse Vineyard, Gap’s Crown, Giusti Ranch, and newly sourced Rita’s Crown, this epic, unfiltered Pinot Noir is simply exquisite. Cherry, plum, blueberry, and basil harmoniously balance the lush yet lively texture, finishing as profound as the palate. Gorgeous silky tannins and undeniable power lay the foundation for an ever-lasting impression. A wine worth the wait.
Professional Ratings
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Wine & Spirits
This barrel selection comes from three Sonoma County vineyard sites—Gap’s Crown, Giusti Ranch and Treehouse Vineyard—and one from the Sta. Rita Hills, Rita’s Crown. It is a heady wine, with scents of cinnamon and clove, and a dark plummy core of fruit laced with a luscious oak complement. The flavors are lavish but not without a kind of muscular warmth, while oak guides the experience with a stylish certitude.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2019 Pinot Noir 4 Barrel has a deep ruby color and is a touch tarry/flinty to begin, slowly giving way to cranberry, dried orange peel, underbrush and potpourri. The medium-bodied palate is gently chewy, with softened acidity and an earth-laced finish.
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.