2022 Cole Ranch Vineyard, Cole Ranch Pinot Noir

Mike and Jill Lucia are old friends from Healdsburg (Mike was in fact voted MISTER Healdsburg once) and are the newly-minted proprietors of America's Smallest AVA, The Cole Ranch. As soon as the ink was dry on their deed we were asking them about grapes. Tucked in a bucolic valley between Hopland and Boonville this zone has been likened to the Jura of France. On our first visit we were delighted to find some high elevation Pinot Noir. Our first wine here reminds us of others we made at near-by Cerise Vineyard--structured, but bursting with Rainer cherry, crushed rose, and wet stone. This is Matt’s go-to for Peking duck. WINE CLUB ONLY