The NV Brut Grand Réserve Grand Cru is a pure Pinot Noir from Bouzy. It's pure, fresh, fine and aromatic on the nose and round and delicate on the palate. The fruit-intense finish is chalky-mineral and stimulatingly... Read More
This remote vineyard is located in a small natural clearing above the town of Comptche, just inland from the northern Mendocino County coast. Flavors run deep on this Pinot Noir and show a mix of red and black fruit with brushes... Read More
The Abbey-Harris vineyard is a minuscule two-acre site in Anderson Valley that is perched 1,100 feet above sea level, and it shows two faces in the soil department: one part of the vineyard is rooted in pale sand and pink quartz... Read More
From a small parcel at the bottom of the slope near the village. Beautiful, perfumed aromas of red cherry, strawberry, and raspberry with violet overtones. This wine is medium-bodied with a pure and juicy texture and ripe, soft... Read More
A fine glowing crimson purple with an elegant and quite forceful fruit, red berries from cherry to raspberry. All destemmed. Charm on the palate right from the start with a balanced structure to finish. Drink from 2025-2028. -... Read More
Cornu’s Ladoix “Vieille Vigne” hails from two parcels, one planted in 1926 and the other in 1960 at the foot of the hillside of Corton. In typical Ladoix fashion, its fruit is blacker and more Côte-de-Nuits-like,... Read More
In 2021 the combination of early-pick freshness and the vintage’s generous fruit is utterly compelling. The volcanic soils of the east-facing slopes of the Eola Hills shows here in a smoky, dusky, earth tone that perfectly... Read More
Named after Fess' daughter, Ashley, this hillside vineyard site sits only 12 miles from the cold Pacific Ocean with sandy, low vigor soils; a perfect scenario for Pinot Noir. Bright cherry, strawberry and cranberry fruit flavors... Read More
This fine-spun Pinot Noir opens with fresh aromas of coastal evergreens and wildflowers. Hints of early-season cherries follow, macerated in warm spices (anise, cardamom, allspice) and layered over earthy sandalwood. A fascinating... Read More
Tuesday's child is the second wine in a series where Mimi Casteel picked Pinot Noir at the same time and then vinified differently, in this case 48 hours on the skins creating a dark rose/light red. Tons of classic Oregon... Read More
To preserve fruit conditions, grapes were picked under lights each morning, followed by hand-sorting before being gravity fed to tank for a long natural fermentation using an overall average of 22% whole clusters in the final... Read More
Nathalie Richez started her own domaine from scratch in 2011, and is producing pure, powerful wines from underappreciated appellation like Auxey-Duresses. This village’s more powerful signature of iron-tinged earth is well... Read More
Fresh and vibrant, with elegantly layered raspberry, violet and spiced cinnamon flavors that glide agilely toward polished tannins. Drink now through 2032. 825 cases made.
Robert Mondavi left an immense legacy, but his grandsons Carlo and Dante are not afraid to think just as big. With RAEN Pinot Noir, they’re setting the bar in Sonoma County, tapping the coast’s best vineyards and bottling... Read More
The 2018 Pinot Noir Russian River Valley has a medium ruby color and aromas of cranberries, pomegranate and burnt orange peel with wafts of woodsmoke and dusty earth. Medium-bodied, soft and silty, it has a concentrated core of... Read More
St. Innocent’s founder and winemaker, Mark Vlossak, considers the Shea Vineyard to be his estate’s equivalent of a grand cru site in Burgundy. Located in the Yamhill-Carlton District of Oregon’s Willamette Valley,... Read More