2017 Rivers-Marie Bearwallow Vineyard Pinot Noir

We love the wildness of the Anderson Valley wine
profile.  For all the talk about house
styles in wineries, we feel this wine proves our wines are products of place
first and foremost.  We take grape
growing very serious and we feel all the quality of our wines comes from paying
very close attention in the vineyard. 
Truthfully, once the grapes hit the winery, we don't do that much to
them.  With this Rhys site, we never have
much to contribute.  Kevin and his team
do such a great job of farming, we never have to ask for anything.  We always head out to the site looking to
make suggestions but usually we just take a quick walk, see that everything is
perfectly dialed and then go have lunch. 
The two blocks that make up this bottling are especially fascinating in
their clonal make up and corresponding cluster morphology.  The wine these vines produce has a nice mix
of red and purple fruit, white flowers, white pepper, baking spice, loam and
licorice.  The fresh fruit core has
plenty of lift from acidity and fruit tannin. 
This wine, like the Platt and Occidental Ridge, will take a little time to
unwind in bottle.