Sierra Mar Vineyard Pinot Noir

Santa Lucia Highlands · Estate-Grown

“The Explorer”

Sierra Mar is the explorer of the lineup, adventurous and a little wild, but with more depth and sensitivity than first meets the eye. It is typically expressed through dark mountain berries, spice and fine minerality, with savory, untamed notes woven through its generous fruit.

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From vineyard to bottle

Farming

Each vine hand-tended every 12 days by our family

Harvest

Night harvested for stable grape chemistry and preserve freshness

Fermentation

Hand-sorted, destemmed, whole-berry fermentation, 21–29 day cold soak

Aged

Free-run juice aged 10 months in French oak, typically ~66% new

Bottling

Bottled unfined and unfiltered, rested six months before release

Sierra Mar Vineyard

Sierra Mar is planted across a range of elevations, varieties and clones, giving the vineyard remarkable diversity and complexity. Portions of the site rise above the fog line, where greater sun exposure and cool mountain conditions produce small, concentrated berries with natural structure. The result is a vineyard that offers both depth and freshness, along with the building blocks for wines of complexity and longevity.

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Recognition Through the Years

#15
Top 100 Wines

2017 Sierra Mar Vineyard
Pinot Noir

97 points

2024 Sierra Mar Vineyard
Pinot Noir

#43
Top 100 Wines

2017 Sierra Mar Vineyard
Pinot Noir