Pinot Noir

The moderate growing climate of California’s Central Coast provides optimal growing conditions to produce complex, elegantly structured Pinot Noir. This wine has a lovely garnet hue and heady aromas of black cherries and ripe strawberries. The wine opens up to a flavor of red raspberry and a hint of spice with a creamy finish. We harvest our Pinot Noir grapes at their peak and cold soak them for a couple of days. The juice undergoes a cool fermentation to preserve the bright cherry fruit. American and French oak barrels are used to age the wine for about nine months.

Darms Lane vibrant, elegant and complex, our Pinot Noir packs a lot of layers raspberry, dark chocolate, bergamot tea and spices. The wine is full-bodied with fine tannins underlying a long finish. Enjoy on its own or with roasted poultry, grilled salmon or beef stews.

As leaders in the world of Pinot Noir, we take special pride in the wines that we produce. Believing that fine wine is “grown” in the vineyard, we crafted this Pinot Noir using fruit carefully selected from premium vineyards throughout northern and central California. This effort helps us achieve the unique balance of delicate Pinot characteristics and the more intense fruit flavors found in the different terroirs that comprise our California Pinot Noir.

Lovely perfume of cassis and Morello Cherry on the nose. Rich and lush on the mid palate yet a tightly knit structure takes the wine through to a persistent length. A very good example of Gevrey Chambertin.

Our Edna Valley Vineyard Central Coast Pinot Noir is made to express the varietal characteristics true to Pinot Noir. Aromatically complex, this wine displays nuances of rose petal, cola, earth and black cherry. Our Pinot Noir is medium-bodied with a full mouthfeel, fine tannins and a long finish.

Educated Guess our Pinot Noir is truly a labor of love. Handcrafted in every way to insure that our wine has plenty of lush fruit to balance out the bright acidity that Carneros is known for. Our Educated Guess Carneros Pinot Noir is deep, rich, and concentrated in color and texture with ripe strawberry, red cherry and wild berry fruit. Hints of spice and cola with firm tannins in the finish.

EnRoute "Les Pommiers" draws its name from the apple orchards emblematic of the Russian River Valley's agricultural history. At once elegant and intense, Les Pommiers is the consummate blend of fruit from our vineyards located primarily in the Green Valley and upper Middle Reach areas of the Russian River Valley AVA. Our grapes are farmed according to organic principles and minimally handled at the winery. The wine is deftly shaped with a subtle combination of new and once-used French oak barrels. Les Pommiers captures aromatics of wild raspberry, black cherry, plum and floral notes that yield to mineral, spice and toasty oak. It has a juicy, coating entry, followed by more layers of raspberry and cherry fruit, and ripe, integrated tannins.

Erath wafts of red plum and raspberry intertwine with spice, soft sage and an intriguing hint of cracked pepper. The palate features flavors of juicy Bing cherry, cranberry cocktail and a late kiss of vanilla spice. A gentle coaxing of light tannins offers a pleasing pull toward another sip.

Many consider Martinborough to the spiritual home of 'new world' Pinot Noir with its unique geographical features of dry river beds of alluvial loam that lend themselves wonderfully to viticulture. Escarpment harness this terroir to perfection which is evident in their Over The Edge Pinot Noir. Ripe cherry flavours are the dominating characteristic of this hugely vibrant and lifted wine. Full-bodied for a Pinot Noir with a strong backbone and a long, lingering finish.

Estancia deep garnet with crimson hues. Aromas of dark berries, black cherry and caramel accent the allspice, rose petals and soft hints of vanilla. Ripe blueberry, black cherry and plum flavors balanced by rich creamy vanilla leading to a rich and supple finish.

All grapes for this wine came from our own vineyards in the Dundee Hills. Even though this is our "young vine" cuvée, the vines average 32 years. Eyrie’s attentive vineyard practices focus on rigorous training of the vines and on picking at just the right time in order to capture optimal Pinot flavor.

Failla we feel this is the most elegant Keefer we've made. Briary berries and griotte mingle delightfully with sarsaparilla and briny olive. Firm tannins provide structure to the typical Keefer lushness and juicy black cherry palate. Will age well for 7-10 years.

Failla this cuvée is a blend of young-vine blocks from Failla's multiple Sonoma Coast appellation sources. As always the winemaking method remains the same for the Sonoma Coast wines as the Vineyard Designates. Each of the lots were fermented separately and blended at bottling. Upon arriving to the winery, the fruit was destemmed and placed in open top fermenters and cold soaked for 5 days. Fermentation begins spontaneously with native yeasts and typically finishes in five days. Immediately following fermentation, the wine is barreled down by gravity. Roughly 15% new oak is used on each of the individual lots and aged sur-lie for 9 months. The balance of the Sonoma Coast blend was sourced from mainly younger vines from the following vineyards: Keefer Ranch, Hirsch, Floodgate, Failla Estate, Sonoma Stage, and Whistler.

A dark ruby garnet color and aromas of cherry, raspberry, black tea, baking spices and vanilla, all set the stage for this elegant wine. Black cherry, ripe raspberry, nutmeg and wet stone with well integrated oak are highlighted by the hallmark acidity found in fruit from this cold climate vineyard.

This Pinot Noir is surprisingly smooth with a dark rich color and welcome collection of flavors. On the nose you will be greeted with aromas of pomegranate. Tasting delivers a smooth mouth-feel and layers of rich, ripe cherries, raspberries, blueberries and strawberries with just a touch of oak.

A fruit-forward, lushly-textured Pinot Noir expressive of sunny days and cool Pacific nights. Grapes are harvested in early morning, crushed immediately and cold soaked for 48 hours, intensifying the color. This wine has an interesting story best told by our winemaker Corey Beck: “Our Diamond Collection Pinot Noir is sourced from a vineyard just east of the Santa Lucia Highlands in Monterey Country. This vineyard was originally planted with Merlot vines – however, after a few years of working with it, we realized its Bay-influenced cool temperatures and abundant afternoon sunshine created potential for producing great Pinot Noir. This inspired our first pre-plant contract with the grower in preparation for the wine’s introduction in 2001, well before the rise of Pinot Noir popularity. This long-standing relationship allows us to deliver exceptional Pinot Noir from a prime growing region.”