Vaughn Duffy Petaluma Gap Pinot Noir 2024 CS20230804 a fine mineral thread running

a fine mineral thread running underneath raspberry and rose

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Markus Prackwieser's family has farmed the Gump Hof for more than two centuries

a tiny domaine of roughly seven hectares whose grand cru Chevalier-Montrachet is the stuff of collector obsession

Old-vine Garnacha from the granite slopes of Cebreros in the Sierra de Gredos

Vaughn Duffy Petaluma Gap Pinot Noir 2024 CS20230804 a fine mineral thread runningThe Petaluma Gap is named for a literal gap: a low break in the coastal hills that funnels cold Pacific air and fog inland nearly every afternoon. Vines answer that constant wind by slowing down and thickening their skins, which is why Pinot Noir from here tends to arrive darker and firmer than what grows a few miles inland. Matt Duffy and Sara Vaughn have been making small lots of Sonoma wine since 2009, working with growers they actually know rather