2017 Littorai The Pivot Vineyard Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast, USA Ridge Vineyards char #4 American oak barrels

char #4 American oak barrels from Independent Stave Company’s Kentucky cooperage

For all the grandiosity and fullness (albeit a disciplined fullness)

Fruit is hand harvested from vines with an average age of 60 years

The ample palate develops notes of brûléed sugar and baked pear lengthened with spearmint and clove

planted in 2011

2017 Littorai The Pivot Vineyard Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast, USA Ridge Vineyards char #4 American oak barrelsHeidi and Ted Lemon purchased the Gold Ridge Estate in 2003 to create a model wine farm. The Pivot Estate Vineyard, located at the winery site, is positioned on a ridge top in the Sebastopol Hills, a distinctive growing region in western Sonoma County. The Sebastopol Hills is characterized by Gold Ridge loam soils and cool temperatures due to the proximity of the Petaluma Gap, the corridor through which fog travels inland. The Pivot Vineyard is 3