Scherrer Winery Russian River Valley Pinot Noir 2016 CS20230516 Wood-influenced notes of vanilla

Wood-influenced notes of vanilla

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

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

loamy earth

ploughed with horses

Scherrer Winery Russian River Valley Pinot Noir 2016 CS20230516 Wood-influenced notes of vanillaFred 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