New Pinot, New Burgs, New Producer…
I’m getting fired up for a big weekend here at the winery, starting with the release of our new D122 Pinot Noir tomorrow. Please join us for the release party from 12-5 for your first chance to taste. We selected our six best barrels from Ribbon Ridge Vyd. – which performed outstandingly in 2008, and truly deserved to stand on its own. Only a few folks outside of our team have had the chance to check it out, but the feedback has been monumentally positive – I think we’ve got a major winner. $35 a bottle, and only 132 cases produced, so it won’t be around too long. This one is only available at the winery (or online) – so you won’t see it at restaurants or in the shops…
In addition to the the D122 release we’ll have some new Burgs to taste tomorrow as well. A new container from Burgundy has just arrived, and we are stocked up with new arrivals from Domaine Buisson-Charles, Taupenot-Merme, Ninot, Frédéric Gueguen, Jean-Marc-Millot, more Crémant from Huber-Verdereau, and a brand new addition to our portfolio – Chateau des Rontets in the Mâconnais village of Fuissé. Fabio & Claire Montrassi own this magnificent property at the top of the highest hill overlooking the village and the valley, where they produce some stunning Pouilly-Fuissé as well as a deliciously slurpable Saint-Amour – produced in the 100% natural fashion with zero sulfur and no additions of any kind. We’ll definitely have this one on the flight tomorrow – a yummy steal at $22…
Chateau des Rontets in Fuissé
Then tomorrow night I’m teaching the Graduate Burgundy Class, and am looking forward getting deeper into the complexities and conundrums that make Burgundy so endlessly fascinating. Not to mention all the rockin’ 1er and Grand Cru wines we’ll be pouring!
We just heard this week that we’re going to be featured in the upcoming April issue of Wine & Spirits magazine. It’s their annual restaurant poll issue, and apparently America’s restaurateurs have named us as one of the “most popular Pinot Noirs” in the U.S.! Never in a million years did I think we’d ever show up in something like this – we’re a small, 2,500 case brand, with limited distribution – so it’s pretty amazing we snuck in there somehow. It all comes down to you – if you didn’t like what’s in the glass, we’d never show up anywhere. Huge thanks for supporting pure, authentic, non-mucked-with, low alcohol, elegant Pinot Noir! It’s my mission in life, and we’re thrilled to have you with us.