Scherrer Winery Russian River Valley Pinot Noir 2016 AFKAT_2025 Tinta Amarela and Bastardo

Tinta Amarela and Bastardo

featuring orange peel

faintly smoky

bitter and sweet orange peel

Scherrer Winery Russian River Valley Pinot Noir 2016 AFKAT_2025 Tinta Amarela and BastardoFred 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