Scherrer Winery Russian River Valley Pinot Noir 2016 CS20230516 The Gravenstein cider was aged

The Gravenstein cider was aged sur lie in older American oak barrels for 6 months before being racked

and it makes an unusually persuasive case for one of Italy's great and still-underappreciated grapes

42-hectare parcel shines through in wines aged at 40% new oak that capture refined red fruit

1% alcohol despite its richness and density—a portrait of cool-climate mountain fruit

This comes from a single barrel from the depths of the famous Willett Family Reserve

Scherrer Winery Russian River Valley Pinot Noir 2016 CS20230516 The Gravenstein cider was agedFred Scherrer's winery is an unmarked metal building outside Sebastopol, and he still does the cellar work himself. Ten years as winemaker at Dehlinger taught him patience: let the fruit speak, touch lightly, don't rush the bottle out the door. This Russian River Pinot grows in sandy Goldridge soils, ages a long time before release, and goes into bottle unfined and unfiltered. The 2016 is nine years on now, which is the entire point it's the rare