Flowers Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2023 extra-brut-selection these old vines produce a

these old vines produce a Riesling of crystalline focus

Then she married Erich Krutzler

This is a classic

as everything at this estate has been since 2010

TASTE: Very big mouth-feel and long

Flowers Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2023 extra-brut-selection these old vines produce aThe Sonoma Coast is one of the hardest places in California to ripen Pinot Noir which is exactly the point. Flowers built its name on the windswept ridges above the Pacific fog line, and this bottling draws on organically farmed sites where ocean wind and cold nights keep the fruit tight and slow to ripen. The 2023 leans savory rather than sweet: wild red and blue brambles, pine, dried herbs, black tea, a nearly feral edge. Ten months in mostly