2022 WALT Bob's Ranch Pinot Noir

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2022 WALT Bob's Ranch Pinot Noir

Name: 2022 WALT Bob's Ranch Pinot Noir
Brand: Walt Wines
SKU: 22WPN7BR-6PK
Price: 100.00 USD
Availability: InStock

$100.00

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Top 100, Owen Bargreen
"...The palate comes off super seamless and concentrated with serious flavor density, power and brilliant underlying finesse. A massive core of dark fruits greet you with freshly tilled soils, with underlying citrus zest accents. Super complex and delicious, enjoy this beautiful wine now and over the next fifteen plus years. For my palate this is the finest edition of this wine made yet."

Tasting notes

Our 2022 Bob's Ranch Pinot Noir is a bold, expressive, and nuanced wine. Richly fruited with blackberry, cherry and plum, the nose is underscored with complex notes of tilled earth and spice. On the palate, plush richness is balanced with elegant acidity and evolves into a finish that resonates with notes of dark chocolate and salinity.

Blackberry
Cherry
Plum
Tilled Earth

Map showcasing the Sonoma County Appellation of California

Vineyard notes

Bob's Ranch Estate Vineyard

Characterized by its proximity to the Pacific Ocean; coastal breezes along with low rolling hills and morning fog define this cool climate site.

Sonoma Coast Appellation

Heavy fog and strong winds tempered by bright afternoon sunshine.

Petaluma Wind Gap

Creates a unique micro-climate within the appellation, producing distinctive Pinot Noir.

Sandy, Well-Draining Soils

Stresses vines into producing grapes of full varietal intensity.

43 Vineyard Blocks on 72 Acres

With an array of clones and field selections, this ranch produces complex and delicious wines.

Wine Facts

Bob’s Ranch vineyard is characterized by it’s proximity to the Pacific Ocean. Coastal breezes along with low rolling hills and morning fog define this cool climate site. Comprised of 43 vineyard blocks on 72 acres, and planted to an array of clones and field selections this ranch produces complex and delicious wines of true Sonoma Coast character. This wine hails from our best vineyard blocks at Bob’s Ranch each year.

Bottle Size

750ml

Varietal Composition

100% Pinot Noir

Vineyard Designation

Bob's Ranch Vineyard

Appellation

Sonoma Coast and Sonoma County

Vintage Notes

The 2022 vintage wines are immediately appealing, showing fruit-forward aromatics, breadth, and sophistication. Even in the third year of drought, good vine growth was a pleasant surprise. Heavy rains started at the end of November, continued into early December, dried down, and arrived again near bud break, resaturating the soils. Frost in March contributed to a lighter crop. By July the season was tracking on the warmish side indicating an earlier harvest. Temperate weather was interrupted by a big heat wave in early September, which propelled earlier ripening sites into a fast-paced harvest window.