Rivers-Marie Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir, California, USA 2024
Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir is one of California’s great value benchmarks, blending fruit from several of the estate’s top western Sonoma Coast vineyard sites into a beautifully complete and highly expressive Pinot Noir. Aromas of pomegranate, red cherry, lavender, sweetgrass, and cut hay lift from the glass, accented by subtle spice and savory coastal nuance. The palate is juicy, polished, and vibrant, offering pure red fruit layered over silky texture and bright natural acidity. Crafted with little to no new oak, the wine emphasizes freshness, site transparency, and varietal purity, finishing long and energetic with exceptional balance. Immediately appealing yet capable of aging beautifully, this is a remarkably refined Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir that consistently overdelivers for its class.
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"The 2024 Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast) is a very pretty wine. Macerated cherry, kirsch, sweet pipe tobacco, cedar and incense are some of the many notes that open with a bit of coaxing. All the elements are so well balanced. This mid-weight, nuanced Pinot delivers the goods, big time. The core of the Sonoma Coast Pinot is from Riddle, with pieces from the other sites in the portfolio (except for Platt and Summa). This is a stellar wine by any measure, and one of the very best values you'll find." Vinous 92 |
