Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Seductively earthy, this wine is resplendent in Asian spice, citrus and rhubarb. A wealth of red cherry brightens the savory tenacity at its heart, with smooth and delicate layers throughout and a finishing taste of brown sugar.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Pale ruby-purple colored, the 2016 Pinot Noir Rodgers Creek Vineyard has understated Bing cherries, fresh raspberries and wild strawberries scents with subtle potpourri, fungi and forest floor suggestions. Medium bodied with a quiet intensity of red berry and earthy layers, it has a fine-grained texture and oodles of freshness, finishing on a compelling truffle laced note.
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Wine Spectator
Well-focused on a core of cherry and red candy flavors that are full and persistent, gaining depth and nuance while returning to the core fruit themes. Drink now through 2024.
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.