Marchelle Growers Reserve Pinot Noir 2020

This unique blend is dedicated to two of our long-time growers. Oppenlander Vineyard provides 54% of the blend and is near the town of Comptche in Mendocino County. It is farmed by Kitty and Norm Shandel, the 5th generation of their family to farm the land. Hawk’s Roost Ranch provides the rest at 46% and is in the Russian River Valley. Chuck Jones, the owner and farmer of Hawks Roost and a long-time collaborator of Greg La Follette, passed away this year and we dedicate this blend to him and his family. Hawks Roost is grown in heavy Huichica clay loam close to the Laguna de Santa Rosa, Chuck chose the rare Swiss Mariafeld clone which yields great structure and acidity to our wine and harmonizes nicely with the highly-structured fruit we get from the Shandel family of Oppenlander Vineyard.