Scherrer Winery Russian River Valley Pinot Noir, California, USA 2016

Russian River Valley Pinot Noir 2016 is a classic, small-production Sonoma Pinot that shows Fred Scherrer’s signature style: restraint, structure, and old-world balance over overt ripeness. Sourced from sandy Goldridge soils and bottled unfined and unfiltered, the 2016 vintage delivers lifted aromas of red cherry, plum, rose petal, spice, cola, and orange peel, with deeper notes of black cherry and forest floor emerging on the palate. Silky yet structured, it’s energetic, food-friendly, and built to age gracefully more Burgundy-influenced in feel than typical Russian River richness.