2008 Rivers-Marie Occidental Ridge Vineyard Pinot Noir
Our one offering from the east side of
Occidental, this wine is always a study in contrast. It’s the warmest site but
it has the highest acid. It has the longest growing season but the lowest pH.
The fruit here gets riper than any other site but the wine features the
greatest quantity of fruit tannin. These are the things now four years into it
that make this site special. The wine has a seamlessness to it right now that
the other three Pinots in this offering don’t have. It’s the most mouth coating
of the bunch as well with a bigness that is buffered nicely by its 3.5 pH.
Being on the border of Sonoma Coast and Russian River it features qualities of
both retaining a sour cherry coastal flavor while flirting with blacker fruits
of a more plummy nature.
- Alcohol14.4%
- Production225 cases