Rivers-Marie Joy Road Vineyard Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast, USA 2023 Tempranillo and 1% Viognier

and 1% Viognier

reflecting a cooler and rainier year that forced them to fine-tune the sorting and selection of the grapes

Brunellos were already turning heads

from the Bourgogne Rouge to the Bonnes Mares

(They produce wine from over 30 appellations

Rivers-Marie Joy Road Vineyard Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast, USA 2023 Tempranillo and 1% ViognierJOY ROAD VINEYARD Though the Pinot Noir was new to us in 2021, weve been working with this west Sonoma Coast site for nearly a decade. The Pinot side is three acres spread across 8 blocks. We have attempted to separately ferment as many of them as possible to get an overall impression of where the best quality lies. Given the complexities of this, it will take us a while to get a handle on the entire site but early indications show a crunchy, red