Tessier Winery Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir Saveria Vineyard 2021 NO20230830 head-turning flavors

head-turning flavors

With six years on it now

on the same gravel soils — was left unclassified

Hand harvested

Elegantly and intriguing

Tessier Winery Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir Saveria Vineyard 2021 NO20230830 head-turning flavorsIn the Santa Cruz Mountains, the site does most of the talking. Saveria sits in the hills just a few miles from the ocean, farmed by the same team behind benchmark sites like Lester and Trout Gulch, and Kristie Tacey's job here is mostly to stay out of the way. The fruit was hand picked and sorted, fermented with native yeast with a portion of whole clusters, then aged sixteen months in neutral French oak and bottled without fining or filtration. The