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Ryan Stirm 'Gularte Vineyard' Pinot Noir

$30.00
Only 3 available

Monterey County > California

Pinot Noir, 2023

Ryan Stirm is one of the California “New Guard” winemakers to keep your eye on. Fruit for this opulent Pinot comes from the northern end of Salina Valley, land of perpetual foggy mornings, windy afternoons, and east facing to avoid the harshest California sun. The grapes were hand picked, sorted in the field, then brought to the winery where they were prepared in two lots: one completely destemmed and the other 66% whole cluster. Pressed after a 10-day ferment, and aged in old barriques the seven months before bottling unfined and unfiltered. If all that means nothing, just know this Pinot will knock your socks off.

Monterey County > California

Pinot Noir, 2023

Ryan Stirm is one of the California “New Guard” winemakers to keep your eye on. Fruit for this opulent Pinot comes from the northern end of Salina Valley, land of perpetual foggy mornings, windy afternoons, and east facing to avoid the harshest California sun. The grapes were hand picked, sorted in the field, then brought to the winery where they were prepared in two lots: one completely destemmed and the other 66% whole cluster. Pressed after a 10-day ferment, and aged in old barriques the seven months before bottling unfined and unfiltered. If all that means nothing, just know this Pinot will knock your socks off.

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Grape: 100% Pinot Noir

ABV: 12.9%

The Story: Ryan Stirm is praised as being one of the important young winemakers emerging from California’s new guard. But he doesn’t get caught up in all the buzz, and instead obsesses over the process of making this boozy elixir we love. He attended prestigious nerd school Cal Poly because it had a great wrestling team but got sucked into their wine and agriculture program after a few seasons. He landed winemaking stints in California, Austria, and Australia, and soon he was ready to start his own winemaking project. It wasn’t lab-grade, sterile wine that Ryan was after, however, he was most captivated by wines that reflected a sense of place and poised to seek out the most unique and rugged vineyards found on the Central Coast.

Personality: This is a gorgeous pinot, brimming with opulent notes of cherry, mushroom, and earth.

Harmony: Pair it with Cornish hens with cranberry-sage stuffing, gravy, and green bean casserole.