2017 Rivers-Marie Silver Eagle Vineyard Pinot Noir

We noticed a real shift in quality for this bottling in
2016.  This new edition takes things up
another notch with the addition of some Swan clone and the declassifying of all
the clone 828 into the Sonoma Coast. 
There’s a refined element to the wine that wasn’t in the early versions
and we appear to have solved some of the reduction issues with the inclusion of
15% whole cluster.  Coming from a warmer
spot in Occidental, this still features the darkest fruit profile of all the
bottlings but balanced by the high natural acidity of the vintage. This new
clonal mix provides a lighter palate impact without sacrificing any of the
density of the experience.   Black
cherry, cola, mint and wild herbs run from start to finish in this wine making
it a good candidate to be the early drinker in the line up.  We do however expect the stuffing in this
wine to help with aging, the 2009 is just now entering its mature drinking
window.