2018 Arnot-Roberts Peter Martin Ray Vineyard Pinot Noir, Santa Cruz Mountains, USA 1.5L Magnum Benjamin Leroux The so called entry level

The so called entry level Enderle & Moll Pinot lovingly called “Basis”: 30-year-old vines planted on the two predominant soil types in Baden: colored sandstone and shell limestone

The aim was to make something more fierce

the blend includes light to heavy marks aged up to five years

Aging: 7 months in tanks

along with Organic coriander seed that we purchased

2018 Arnot-Roberts Peter Martin Ray Vineyard Pinot Noir, Santa Cruz Mountains, USA 1.5L Magnum Benjamin Leroux The so called entry levelThe Peter Martin Ray vineyard is part of the original planting of Pinot Noir on Mt. Eden above the town of Saratoga in the Eastern Santa Cruz Mountains. Dating to the late 1800s this site is of historical significance as many of todays modern Pinot plantings have been made with genetic material that originated on this hill. The vineyard is 3 acres of old stake trained vines that are dry farmed at 1,600 in Franciscan Shale soils. The vineyard is still