2024 Ceritas Mt. Pajaro Vineyard Pinot Noir, Santa Cruz Mountains, USA LC 2025 December sea salt and toasted sesame

sea salt and toasted sesame

It is an elegant and understated wine with just enough grip to let you know it was skin-fermented but not too much to turn off the ‘casual’ orange wine drinker

100% Garnacha Tintorera from a single parcel of 30-year-old Garnacha Tintorera vines planted on calcareous soils at 800m elevation

The new generation has their sights set on the past glories of traditionally crafted wines from this region

2024 Ceritas Mt. Pajaro Vineyard Pinot Noir, Santa Cruz Mountains, USA LC 2025 December sea salt and toasted sesameEast of Corralitos sits Mt. Pajaro a major part of the network of estate vineyards owned by Rhys. In 2023, we came to an agreement with Rhys to become the first winery to ever purchase fruit from their Santa Cruz Mountains holdings. We are sourcing coveted clonal selections of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from this bucolic oasis. Mt. Pajaro captivated us for many reasons. Beyond the beautiful view, Mt. Pajaro enjoys a startling diversity of soils,