Description
RED CELLAR TRIO WINE CLUB SELECTION
We are proud to release the newest addition to our family of Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant Private Label wines. We developed our house label program with the objective of offering unique proprietary varietal wines that over-deliver with regard to the price/value/quality equation. We’ve been doing this for many years to great success, working with different producers and sourcing fruit from appellations across the state. Plus, we love the opportunity to play winemaker—to determine exactly how to form the wine and make it into something we know our customers will enjoy. We only work with trusted winemakers whose wines we have supported and highly respect. Sometimes they come to us with an idea, and sometimes we reach out to them with a particular style we want to develop. We often go through several rounds of blending trials before we’re happy with the overall balance and flavor profile.
Our 2023 FPWM Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir was harvested and vinified for us by one of California’s most respected wineries, a producer that prefers to remain anonymous. The winemaking here is classical: modest alcohol, reflecting grapes picked at full maturity but still very fresh and high in acidity. Fermentation with 15% whole cluster, just enough to add complexity without diminishing the fruit expression and a traditional élevage. Malolactic and aging in barrel, with less than 20% new oak.
Finesse and elegance remain the hallmarks here; this delicately restrained wine blossoms both aromatically and on the palate, so you will be generously rewarded by decanting it for thirty minutes or so. Unfurling gauzy layers of ripe cherry, red plum, strawberry and violet, supported by sweet woodsy notes. Silken yet bright, with taught red fruit, fine, silty tannins and a supple finish. While one may certainly appreciate its quiet grace now, it will only continue to develop in depth and complexity over the next several years. 125 cases produced.
