Winemaker Notes
Like Savoy Vineyard, the Thieriot wines can pair well with both fish and game.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Spectator
Impressively fresh and attractively fragrant aromas of fine-ground spice with bright, light red cherries and blueberries. Hints of charcuterie, earth and dried brown mushroom here, too. The palate is smoothly resolved and has a super fresh, succulent and lively feel with a very vibrant core of rich, red and dark cherries. Great volume and depth, really filling the finish. Try from 2024.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2017 Chardonnay B.A. Thieriot Vineyard has a delicate nose of agave, river stone, dried acacia, lime peel and white peach. Light to medium-bodied, the palate is savory with understated fruits, juicy acidity and a long, elegantly styled finish.
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.