Raen Pinot Noir Sea Field: Fort Ross-Seaview 2020 (750ml)

Our 4.8 Sea Field Vineyard (monopole) produces our most elegant wines year in and year out. This unique bottling comes from an ancient Sea Field of diverse marine soils and fractured bedrock dating back between 66 and 200 million years. Soaring 1,000 feet above the Pacific Ocean and less than 3 miles from its waters, Sea Field is both our most coastal and highest elevation pinot noir site. The combination of these elements creates Sea Field.

Delicate, lifted aromas of rose petals, orange pith, crushed pomegranate and raspberries, with the essence of where-the-forest-meets-the-ocean fill the bowl. Wild strawberries, cool-coastal forest, wet rock, sea moss and blood orange linger. On the palate, wild strawberries, faint violet flowers and distant notes of white tea lead to a seemingly endless finish. 

Smells of rain, ground granite, petrichor. Tastes of delicate woodland fruit; sweet, charming, juicy but with a waspishly bright, tart tang that builds in bitterness and saves it from being just a bit too acquiescent. That spice has bite and muscle, smoke and burn – almost like chipotle. The tannins, too, have bite and muscle.