| Region | |
|---|---|
| Subregion | U.S.A. > California > Sonoma |
| Colour | Red |
| Type | Still |
The 2024 Pinot Noir Falstaff is fabulous. Bright acids and lifted floral aromatics announce a wine of notable pedigree. Sweet red-toned fruit, blood orange, chalk, mint, dried flowers and rose petal are some of the many notes that grace this delicate, deceptively medium-bodied Pinot. The purity of the fruit is compelling. (Drink between 2027-2036)
Vines planted in 1999 at 505 ft 8.2 miles from the Pacific on Goldridge soils and exposed to cold and fog. Kutch’s coolest site. Picked 19 September and made like the Sonoma County bottling. 14 barrels produced.
Transparent, shaded blueish garnet. Marked acidity and structure. Needs time – the polar opposite of the McDougall Ranch bottling. Not that much length. (JR)
Jamie Kutch’s 2024 Falstaff Vineyard bottling of pinot noir is a simply stunning wine in the making. The wine comes in at thirteen percent alcohol and was raised in its customary manner: indigenous yeast fermentation, fifty percent whole clusters, no new oak and bottling without fining or filtration. The wine’s aromatic constellation delivers notes of sweet dark berries, black plums, espresso, a gorgeous base of soil, sweet stem tones, pigeon, distant bonfire and a hint of cedar. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied and impressively transparent down to its soils, with a lovely core of fruit, fine-grained tannins, excellent focus and balance and a very long, refined and nascently complex finish. This is going to be a superb wine once it is ready to go! (Drink between 2035-2075)
