Birichino Pinot Noir Saint Georges Central Coast 2022

Where: Santa Cruz, California 
Grapes: Pinot Noir
Body: Light/Medium
Category: Red Wine

Smooth and elegant with notes of dark plum and cranberries. 

92 Points, Wine Enthusiast, October 2023

Alex Krause and John Locke founded Birichino in Santa Cruz in 2008. Drawing on a combined four decades making wine in California, France, Italy, and beyond, they are focused on attaining the perfect balance of perfume, poise, and puckishness. Sourcing from a number of carefully farmed, family-owned, own-rooted 19th and early 20th century vineyards (and a few from the late disco era) planted by and large in more moderate, marine-influenced climates, their preoccupation is to safeguard the quality and vibrance of their raw materials. Their preference is for minimal intervention, most often favoring native fermentations, employing stainless or neutral barrels, minimal racking and fining, and avoiding filtration altogether when possible. But most critically, their aim is to make delicious wines that give pleasure, revitalize, and revive.

Organic // native yeasts // minimal intervention // unfined + unfiltered // vegan

2022  //  750ml