Artesa was forged by a dreamy coupling of traditional Spanish style and cool-climate Carneros soils. This unique marriage creates estate-grown grapes that yield captivating wines with an old-wold distinction. The struggle IS real with this Estate Vineyard Pinot Noir. Grown on one of the highest elevations in Carneros with excellent drainage, the vines had to struggle intensely creating immense fruit concentration and complexity. All of that leads to a big wonderful wine with the potential to age or the potential to seriously upgrade your date-night in.
Artesa was forged by a dreamy coupling of traditional Spanish style and cool-climate Carneros soils. This unique marriage creates estate-grown grapes that yield captivating wines with an old-wold distinction. This Pinot Noir's tasting notes read like a romantic poem tasting of black cherries, roses and earth. It's a classic Carneros Pinot expression that lends itself well to so many foods, making it perfect for your first dinner party to show off your new wedding gifts.
You love a good diffusion brand, happily standing in early morning lines when a favorite runway designer does a collaboration with a department store so you can grab a few key pieces for yourself. Decoy is your wine. For 40 years, Duckhorn has been synonymous with luxury, estate-grown wines, an iconic label that’s a must-have in any proud wine collector’s cellar — quickly snapped up each year by an army of superfans. The Decoy label is a great way to get that Duckhorn legacy and quality at a great price — the perfect Pinot Noir to bring along to holiday dinners with the family. You know, to prove you're a real, card-carrying grownup.
Chemistry comes so naturally to you both that your friends hate you for making marriage look easy. Appease them over dinner with your winemaking equivalent — an innovative, effortless, nuanced but full-bodied red by a fifth-generation winemaker from Napa Valley's famed Wagner Family. Drawn up North from Rutherford by Oregon's "good light" — typically cool summers but abundant sunshine — Joe Wagner set out to make a whole new craftsman style of Oregon Pinot Noir that may not cure a streak of envy but may bridge the divide with its bright, earthy, ruby-red deliciousness.
"Pretty darling, I love the way you soften my life with your love." Romantic lyrics sung sweetly across a firepit by your crooning partner on guitar, the proud flush in your cheeks on a crisp, fall night in the backyard with friends. New Zealand winemaker Kim Crawford gets that mood, and this campfire-infused Pinot Noir from his newly acquired boutique "Someone's Darling" winery in the Central Otago region is the perfect finessed and slightly fruity bottle — as discreetly sappy as the Loveblock of your relationship.
Robert Mondavi, the unequivocal Godfather of American Wine, is a name you likely recognize and for good reason. He put California wine on the map and his legacy of quality wines still lives on strong today. The use of a Pommard Clone in this Mondavi Pinot allows for a more savory, smoky black cherry flavor alongside our old friends black pepper and vanilla.
Robert Mondavi, the unequivocal Godfather of American Wine, is a name you likely recognize and for good reason. He put California wine on the map and his legacy of quality wines still lives on strong today. This rave reviewed Pinot Noir from the cool Carneros region blends fragrant sweet red cherry layered with smoke, spice and everything nice.
Where you lead, others follow. As a couple, you're not afraid to take risks and you're generally rewarded for them. Lead your friends out of their comfort zone and into this stellar, trendsetting Pinot Noir from Sokol Blosser at your next dinner party. One of the original Oregon winemakers going on 50 years, Sokol Blosser helped Dundee Hills to get recognized with its own appellation within the Willamette Valley in 2005 because of outstanding wines like this earthy, fruity, slightly funky Pinot. Aged 16 months in French oak, on the palate it shows ripe berry and dusty cocoa that linger on the finish. Critics give it high marks for value and suggest this is a wine to cellar.
You're free spirits who met at a live show or festival, and regularly make each other mixtapes — you even share a Spotify channel. Let your analog flag fly with this bohemian Pinot Noir made by Zac Brown — yes, that one — who's just as passionate about California winemaking and bringing people together over food and music as he is about his band. Uncage this bottle, made in collaboration with nature- and music-loving winemaker John Killebrew, and dig in the crates for your favorite vinyl while cooking up something Pinteresting in the kitchen — by yourselves on date night in or with a bunch of friends over. This wine is a stunning value to stock by the case!