Tasting Notes: Displaying excellent fruit concentration due to the vineyard being dry farmed, this beautifully balanced Pinot Noir has a dense fruit profile of black cherry, plum, and baking spice. With sophisticated structure, supple mid-palate weight, and soft-shouldered tannins, it deftly balances the line between elegance and power. A classic and refined expression of Anderson Valley Pinot Noir.
Vineyard: Hacienda Sequoia Vineyard - Anderson Valley AVA, Mendocino
Hacienda Sequoia Vineyard is located in the coolest, fog-shrouded part of Anderson Valley nicknamed the “Deep End” due to its close proximity to the coast. This small, 2-acre Pinot Noir vineyard was originally planted in 1999, and is named after a towering, magnificent redwood tree that overlooks the vineyard. Sitting on the eastern foothills of Anderson Valley at 500ft elevation, it is southwest-facing, organic, and dry farmed.
Winemaking: Native yeast. 10% whole-cluster fermentation in small, open-top fermenters. Aged in neutral French oak barrels for 10 months. Unfined and unfiltered.
Vintage: 2022 was a mild, even growing season, and through late summer, it was a picture-perfect vintage. The dry-farmed nature of our vineyards and corresponding low yields allowed us to pick before the late-season heat and early rains, resulting in a stellar vintage for our wines.
Technical Details:
Composition: 100% Pinot Noir
Vineyard: Hacienda Sequoia Ridge
Appellation: Anderson Valley
Clone: Pommard
pH: 3.24
TA: 6.8 g/L
Brix at harvest: 22.8
Alcohol: 13.6%
63 cases produced
Vinography
"This week included a lot of excellent Pinot Noir, a bunch of them from Mendocino’s Anderson Valley. Another winery I’ve watched since its very first moments is Minus Tide, a Mendocino-focused label that has quickly become a gem of a project and a great standard-bearer for Mendocino. Their newest Pinot Noir from the Hacienda Sequoia Vineyard in Anderson Valley has this arboreal quality that is really compelling.
Light to medium garnet in the glass with ruby highlights, this wine smells of forest floor and raspberries. In the mouth, faintly saline flavors of raspberry, dried herbs, and sour cherry have a lovely, mouthwatering acidity and faint fleecy tannic texture that coats the mouth. Delicious." Around 9/10 Points