Scherrer Winery Russian River Valley Pinot Noir 2016 CRV and that is exactly why

and that is exactly why it does

balanced by a mineral grip and juicy lemon acidity

drawn by a terroir nobody was paying much attention to

Maguey:  Sacatoro - a

this wine is bottled with minimal intervention to highlight the character of its site

Scherrer Winery Russian River Valley Pinot Noir 2016 CRV and that is exactly whyFred Scherrer's winery is an unmarked metal building outside Sebastopol, and he still does the cellar work himself. Ten years as winemaker at Dehlinger taught him patience: let the fruit speak, touch lightly, don't rush the bottle out the door. This Russian River Pinot grows in sandy Goldridge soils, ages a long time before release, and goes into bottle unfined and unfiltered. The 2016 is nine years on now, which is the entire point it's the rare