2024 Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir

Tasting Notes

• Aromas:  Raspberries, strawberries and violets
• Flavors:  Strawberry jam, caramel and ripe figs
• Profile: Medium-weight with beautiful texture, juicy mid-palate and polished tannins

Vineyard

We sourced our 2024 Pinot Noir grapes from the Rodgers Creek Vineyard in the Sonoma Coast AVA just off the Pacific central coast. We always stay true to traditional winemaking styles, and the coastal area’s soil and cool breezes help Pinot Noir grapes retain the acidity that gives them their Burgundian characters. Most importantly for us, the Pacific wind and fog combine with more temperate inland weather to keep fruit on the vine long into the season. This creates excellent phenolic ripeness at harvest, with low-to-moderate sugar levels, ideal acidity and terrific aromatic and flavor characters.

Winemaking

• Brix @ Harvest:  23.6°
• Fermentation details:  4-day cold soak, 15% whole cluster, 10-day primary fermentation in open-top tank, 7-day extended maceration, malolactic fermentation in barrels
• Aging:  11 months in new & neutral French oak
• Clones 667 & 777 on 101-14 rootstock
• pH: 3.64
• TA: 5.8 g/L
• Alcohol: 13.7%

Vintage

2022 was an excellent vintage for Rodgers Creek wines. Cool and consistent, we love the coast’s microclimates for Burgundian varietals.

• Release date: October 1, 2024

James Suckling  93 Points )

• Reviewer Note:  Deeply scented and perfumed with aromas of sour cherries, cedar and forest floor. The palate is tight and bright, with finely integrated tannins and acidity and lingering notes of red currants, grapefruit and dried herbs.
• Drinking Window:  Best from 2028