I don’t
know much about wind. For example, I didn’t know that winds driven up slope,
like those along the Sonoma Coast and those off the San Pablo Bay in Carneros,
are called anabatic winds, from which Anaba takes its name. However I have been
in those winds and I understand how they help Pinot grow. The 2017 Pinot
benefits from these pummeling winds to create a wine with notes of raspberry,
strawberry, green tea, herbal and earthy overtones, plum, and cranberry. It offers a great balance between fruit, acidity
and from the land upon which it is grown. Aged 20 months in French oak, 30% of that
was new wood. Using six diverse clones of Pinot, and five different Vineyard
locations allows this to express the breadth of Sonoma’s intriguing coastal
growing region.
1,394
cases
ORIGIN:
Sonoma Coast, California
ALCOHOL: 13.9%
PRICE: $48
(750ML)
SCORE: 90 POINTS
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