A Study in Purity and Coastal Tension
The wait is over—our 2024 Spring Allocation goes Live Wednesday March 11, 2024! Access The Spring Release
There is a specific kind of energy that comes with a cool-climate growing season—a “coastal tension” that demands patience in the cellar and precision in the glass. For us, the 2023 vintage is the ultimate expression of our commitment to transparency: letting the site speak for itself without the noise of heavy-handed winemaking.
We recently sat down with critic Billy Norris, and we’re incredibly proud to share his impressions. From the “Chablisienne” character of our old-vine Chardonnays to the “architectural intensity” of our flagship Pinots, these scores are a testament to the vineyards we call home.
The Pinot Noir Collection
2023 Pinot Noir Wendling Vineyard | 96 Points Drinking Window: 2028 – 2036 “Wendling muscle and intensity are on full display. Shades of graphite, crushed chalk, red raspberry and iodine flesh out with focus and power, but there’s a sense of effortlessness here that is just so beguiling. Very impressive stuff.”
2023 Pinot Noir Gaps Crown Vineyard Bolt Block | 96 Points Drinking Window: 2026 – 2035 “Exceptional. Structured, polished and precise… rich in cherry fruit and large-ish in stature, but it blossoms in the glass with delicate layers of orange peel, licorice, lavender, underbrush and a garrigue-like savoriness. Finesse and expressiveness are dialed all the way up.”
2023 Pinot Noir Labyrinth Vineyard | 95 Points Drinking Window: 2027 – 2035 “Gorgeous savory, floral inflections open first, spreading gently into a plush yet restrained framework. The 2023 has ample inner tension, neatly offset by notably pure blue fruit. Color me impressed.”
2023 Pinot Noir Savoy Vineyard | 94+ Points Drinking Window: 2028 – 2035 “Iron filings, animal blood, pine shavings, ripe raspberry and black truffle nuances sizzle in the glass. The Savoy turns inward on the finish, becoming more brooding and reserved. That bodes very well for the future.”
2023 Pinot Noir Gap’s Crown Vineyard | 94 Points Drinking Window: 2026 – 2033 “Especially floral for a site that tends to deliver fruitier wines, and that’s a big positive in my book. Pressed rose petal, bay leaf, crushed rocked and spiced dark cherry tones contribute to a complex display… impeccable balance.”
2023 Pinot Noir Ferrington Vineyard | 94 Points Drinking Window: 2026 – 2033 “Delivers the savory, dusty, complex terroir signatures of the Anderson Valley in spades. It’s not an obvious wine, leaning more cerebral than the other wines here, but I find it so enticing.”
2023 Pinot Noir Ferrington Vineyard Du Bois | 93 Points Drinking Window: 2026 – 2033 “Plush and textural… an extra measure of new oak here adds just the right amount of body. The 2023 is so enticing, more overt than some of the other wines in the range, but deep and complex all the same.”
2023 Pinot Noir Pali Vineyard | 93 Points Drinking Window: 2026 – 2033 “Expresses the regional signatures of crunchy red fruit, pressed rose petal, orange peel and lavender, all accented by an edge of salinity. It’s delicate, polished and finessed.”
2023 Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast) | 92 Points Drinking Window: 2026 – 2031 “A fabulous reflection of everything that’s great about Pinot Noir in the Sonoma Coast. A wine of texture, gentle energy and fine structure, the 2023 hits all the right notes.”
2023 Pinot Noir Balinard Vineyard | 92 Points Drinking Window: 2028 – 2032 “A very young, tightly wound wine. It’s on the delicate side for the Russian River Valley, but it boasts a ton of power and tannin here.”
2023 Pinot Noir Attune Vineyard | 92 Points Drinking Window: 2028 – 2032 “Savory, mineral-driven inflections open first, with a marine-tinged array of nori, oyster shell, cedar and bitter cherry skin that gains momentum with aeration.”
The Chardonnay Collection
2023 Chardonnay Ferrington Vineyard | 95 Points Drinking Window: 2026 – 2033 “A tense, grippy, phenolic wine that announces itself with a confident structure and understated power. What a distinctive reflection of Anderson Valley.”
2023 Chardonnay Bacigalupi Vineyard | 94 Points Drinking Window: 2026 – 2032 “Classic Russian River all the way. Rounded and ripe, it maintains restraint and finesse… every bit a driven, focused wine that is utterly drinkable and impeccably balanced.”
2023 Chardonnay Durell Vineyard | 94 Points Drinking Window: 2026 – 2032 “Generous and open-knit, with great focus to its layers of yellow plum, pear and iodine. Impresses with its weight and density without any heaviness.”
2023 Chardonnay Green Acres Vineyard Vieux Chene | 94 Points Drinking Window: 2026 – 2032 “Savory, potent and intensely aromatic. Slight reductive elements flash up from the glass, with a very old-school, Chablisienne character. Seriously textural and beautifully focused.”
2023 Chardonnay Hyde Vineyard | 93 Points Drinking Window: 2026 – 2031 “Loaded with texture, as wines from Hyde tend to be… Bright, vibrant acids lead the charge, with an array of crushed chalk, sea salt and lemon zest blasting through the finish.”
2023 Chardonnay (Sonoma Coast) | 92 Points Drinking Window: 2026 – 2032 “Bright, clear and citrusy… yellow orchard fruit, chamomile, lemon zest and lemon-like acidity run through the steely, driven finish. It’s a fabulous introduction to the range.”
The 2024 vintage carries this same architectural intensity. Spring Release Allocations are available through Wednesday March 11th through Sunday, March 22nd.
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