Occidental Wines

Pinot Noir 'Bodega Ridge'

Pinot Noir 'Bodega Ridge'

Pinot Noir Bodega Ridge Occidental

• Certified Sustainable
• 100% Pinot Noir
• Bodega Ridge Vineyard was planted in 2012
• Goldridge, sandy loam soils over marine sediment and fossils
• Hand-harvested at night
• Hand-sorted as clusters before completely destemming
• Each vineyard block is fermented separately in 2-4 ton fermenters
• Not cold-soaked prior to fermentation
• Native yeast fermentation
• Punch downs are used only as needed to distribute the heat of fermentation, ensuring a gentle extraction
• After fermentation is complete, the tanks are drained and only the free-run wine is transferred by gravity to Francois Freres barrels (25% new) to age 11 months
• Native malolactic fermentations
• Bottled unfined and unfiltered with a minimum level of SO2 (~50 ppm)
• 13.3% abv

Info

Producer:
Occidental Wines
Vintage:
2021
Country:
United States
Region:
California
Appellation:
West Sonoma Coast
Variety:
Pinot Noir
Color:
Red

Sizes Available

Full Bottle US-OCC-44-21 12/750ml

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Press & Reviews

Decanter
Score
95
Date
2024-04-22
"Tasted from bottle # B10457, the Bodega Ridge is a departure from the other Occidental bottlings, leaving earthen pungency for a purity of fruit. It has wild strawberries and graphite notes that forcefully grasp your attention, neon lights pointing towards a powerful fruit core. There is a tangy red and black fruit note of early-season blackberries that come together with notes of clove, blood orange, smoky soy, Chinese five spice, and orange oil."
Wine Spectator
Score
96
Date
2024-02-28
"This gorgeous wine offers a core of sappy kirsch, cherry and mulberry fruit that manages to stay light on its feet even as waves of black tea, iris, blood orange, applewood and incense notes emerge steadily through the mouthwatering finish. Youthfully packed, with coiled energy giving the tension this needs for the longer haul. Best from 2025 through 2038. From California.—J.M."