2016 DuMOL Wester Reach Russian River Valley Chardonnay

2017 DuMOL Wester Reach Russian River Valley Pinot Noir

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DuMOL 

2017 PINOT NOIR
WESTER REACH
RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY

2016 DuMOL Wester Reach Russian River Valley Chardonnay
Best described as “dynamic, alive and precise,” which is how winemaker Andy Smith details DuMOL’s 2017 Wester Reach Pinot Noir. The complexity comes in part from the matrix of carefully chosen clones, which include Calera, Swan, and Pommard. We introduced the wine last year, and now that it’s got a 96 point score, if you missed it the first time around, here’s a second chance.
 
The 2017 Wester Reach Pinot Noir perfectly balances an equilibrium of fruit from four iconic Russian River Valley Vineyards, including the winery’s O’Connell Estate, Dutton UPP Road, Widdoes and Occidental Road. 
 
The 2017 vintage is from one of the lowest-yielding harvests in twenty years, with small berries and clusters, which resulted in incredible detail and focused flavors. The wine was barrel fermented and spent just 12 months in oak to preserve the purity of the fruit.    
 
DuMOL 
2017 PINOT NOIR
WESTER REACH
RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY
 
Your Price: $69.99
 
“Made from four stellar sites within the appellation, this stunning wine shows rich red and blue fruit. Spice and forest floor tones intertwine alongside firm, supple tannins and balanced acidity, finishing with impressive length and intensity.” 96 Points
 
“The wine is dynamic, alive and precise. It begins in a coastal style–sleek, focused and linear. The deep entry expands along strong lines with good drive and detail to its red and black fruit flavors. As it fully opens, natural Russian River textures and volume takes hold – broad, supple and layered. Savory elements steer the wine toward complexity that will continue to build in bottle. Drink between 2019 and 2029.”

2016 DuMOL Single Vineyards Limited Releases

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SINGLE VINEYARDS
2016 LIMITED RELEASES 
PINOT NOIR | CHARDONNAY | SYRAH | VIOGNIER

 
If you had to choose one wine brand to be the only wine that you could enjoy for the rest of your life, what would it be? DuMOL would certainly be high on my list.  Their wines are simply stunning every year… The 2016’s offer Grand Cru level complexity and just like we’ve come to expect from the brand they’re exceptionally charming and offer wave upon wave of pure joy the moment they touch your lips.  Each of these limited release offerings perform at the highest level, with flavors and aromas so deep, focused and absorbing that they tell a story of their origins in vivid detail.  With a solid reputation for excellence and high-scores, there’s simply never enough of the Fall releases to satisfy demand…
  
I welcome you to mix and match a case however you would like, or you may order each one individually and in any quantity below… As always, ground shipping is included on all full or mixed 15 bottle cases.  
 
2016 DuMOL Ryan Widdoes Vineyard Pinot Noir 2016 DuMOL Estate Vineyard Pinot Noir
DuMOL 
2016 RYAN PINOT NOIR
WIDDOES VINEYARD
 
Your Price: $89.99/btl

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From Vinous: “The 2016 Pinot Noir Ryan Widdoes Vineyard is one of the highlights in this range of Pinots. Bright, floral notes and punch, red-toned fruit give the 2016 presence and vivacity. A rush of pomegranate, red cherry, blood orange and star anise build into the voluptuous, racy finish. There is so much to like here. The Widdoes emerges from a dry farmed parcel planted with Martini clone Pinot, which is always so distinctive.” 92-95 Points
DuMOL 
2016 ESTATE PINOT NOIR
ESTATE VINEYARD
 
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From Vinous: “The 2016 Pinot Noir Estate Vineyard is a potent, brooding wine that expresses all the natural structural intensity of this site. Black cherry, plum, gravel, graphite, smoke and dark spice notes add to the wine’s virile personality. The 2016 is not at all subtle, but it packs a serious punch. It should also age nicely for a number of years. Today, the tannins definitely make themselves felt.” 92-95 Points
2016 DuMOL Chloe Ritchie Vineyard Chardonnay 2016 DuMOL Isobel Charles Heintz Vineyard Chardonnay
DuMOL 
2016 CHLOE CHARDONNAY
RITCHIE VINEYARD
 
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From Jeb Dunnuck: “The 2016 Chardonnay Ritchie Vineyard comes from one of the top terroirs in the Russian River, and Andy has been working with two parcels from this vineyard since 2001. David Ramey and Mark Aubert also source fruit from these same parcels. This crazy good effort is a match for a Grand Cru White Burgundy and has a reductive, complex, layered style as well as sensational minerality, spice, white flowers, and orchard fruits. It needs 2-3 years of bottle age (I’m not sure bottles would last that long at my house) and will keep for 10-15 years.” 97 Points
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2016 ISOBEL CHARDONNAY
CHARLES HEINTZ VINEYARD
 
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From Jeb Dunnuck: “From a cooler, foggy site just east of Occidental, on the edge of the Green Valley portion of the Russian River, the 2016 Chardonnay Charles Heintz comes from 35-year-old vines, was barrel fermented and aged, and bottled unfined. This deeper, richer, more powerful Chardonnay boasts sensational notes of honeyed orchard fruits, brioche, and salty minerality. With integrated acidity, a big, rich mid-palate and a great finish, it’s a quintessential Sonoma Coast Chardonnay to drink over the coming decade or more.” 96 Points 
2106 DuMOL Eddie's Patch Greywacke Vineyard Syrah 2016 DuMOL Lia's Wild Mountainside Viognier
DuMOL 
2016 EDDIE’S PATCH SYRAH
HOPPE-KELLY VINEYARD
 
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From Jeb Dunnuck: “From the Greywacke Vineyard (this is a new vineyard for this cuvée), the 2016 Syrah Greywacke Vineyard Eddie’s Patch is reminiscent of a release from the Côte Brune side of Côte-Rôtie. Ample crushed rocks, smoked meats, ozone, pepper, and ripe back fruits give way to a full-bodied, seamless and elegant Syrah that continued to gain in stature and depth as it sat in the glass. Perfectly ripe, impeccably balanced, and long, give it a year or two and enjoy over the following decade or more.” 96+ Points
DuMOL 
2016 LIA VIOGNIER
WILD MOUNTAINSIDE
 
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From Jeb Dunnuck: “I was pretty much blown away by the 2016 Viognier Wild Mountainside, which is up with some of the best expressions of this variety coming out of the New World. Flower oil, pineapple, apricot and some tropical notes all flow from a deep, rich, concentrated Viognier that stays vibrant and fresh. It’s a dead ringer for a Condrieu from the likes of Vernay or André Perret.” 94 Points
2017 Black Pines Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir

2017 Black Pine Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir

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BLACK PINE

2017 PINOT NOIR
SONOMA COAST

2017 Black Pines Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir
There can only be one Best Ever value Pinot Noir, and for me, Black Pine has owned that title for years.  One taste of the new 2017 and you’ll know why…  It delivers outstanding weight, balance and a stunning presence on the palate, then opens up to a tapestry of vivid dark berries, candied plum, caramelized cherries, dried rose and hints of clove. There’s one simple reason why it’s constantly re-ordered and it’s because it truly drinks like a Pinot Noir that should be about double the price.
 
Brought to life by Drew Huffine, whose experience includes working with many elite Pinot Noir producers including Kosta Browne, DuMOL, Auteur, Copain and Donum, the 2017 was conceived from carefully chosen vineyards located in the Petaluma Gap, Russian River and Sonoma Coast.  If you’ve tasted any of the earlier vintages of Black Pine, you already know what to expect… This is yet another big score from a winery that we adore.
 
BLACK PINE
2017 PINOT NOIR
SONOMA COAST
Retails at:  $30/btl
 
Your Price: $23/btl 
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Winery Notes: “The wine shows appealing aromas of Bing cherry mixed with vanilla and baking spice. The deep ruby and purple wine reveals candied red plum that lingers in the glass…. sensuous and mouth filling and shows black cherry and strawberry flavors. Medium bodied flavors of perfumed Cherry, lush red fruit and clove give way to the bright natural acidity and fine tannins that draw out a long and impressive finish.”
 
Customers that enjoy Black Pine Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir may also enjoy these two terrific Pinots…
2015 Cosa Obra Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir
 2014 Matias Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir
COSA OBRA
2015 PINOT NOIR
SONOMA COAST
Retails at:  $32.00/btl
 
Your Price: $29.99/btl

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It’s telling when any one wine is still requested and praised months or even years post offering…  When this happens, some might call it storied or legendary, but when a value Pinot Noir makes this list, it simply speaks to the above average quality of the wine.  For those of you who tasted, loved and are still talking about 2013 Cosa Obra Pinot, all I can say is, wait until you taste the 2015…
MATIAS
2014 PINOT NOIR
SANTA LUCIA HIGHLANDS
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From Wine Enthusiast: “Dark and concentrated pomegranate and rosebud aromas meet with juniper and sweet pine needle on the nose of this bottling. The attack is a clean and flavorful, mixing dried cranberry and tangy cherry with thyme, marjoram and peppercorn, culminating in a camphor-like finish.”  92 Points
2016 DuMOL Mixed 3 Pack

2016 DuMOL Russian River Valley Pinot, Chardonnay & Syrah

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DuMOL 

2016 RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY
WESTER REACH PINOT & CHARDONNAY
WILD MOUNTAINSIDE SYRAH

2016 DuMOL Mixed 3 Pack

When your brand sets the standard for the types of wine you produce, you have two options…  Keep doing exactly what you’ve been doing, or strive to get even better… In the quest to up their game even more, in 2016 DuMOL honed in on their top vineyard sources, and utilized the best-of-the-best fruit for their previously named Russian River Valley wines.  Coinciding with the move, they also re-named the Pinot Noir and Chardonnay Wester Reach and the Syrah Wild Mountainside.  The 2016’s are simply stunning and each wine elegantly expresses the best qualities for each of their origins.
 
Quantities are incredibly limited and orders will be taken until we are sold out of each one. I welcome you to mix and match a case however you would like, or you may order each one individually and in any quantity below… 
 

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2016 DuMOL Wester Reach Russian River Valley Chardonnay 2016 DuMOL Wild Mountainside Russian River Valley Syrah 2016 DuMOL Wester Reach Russian River Valley Pinot Noir
DuMOL 
2016 CHARDONNAY
WESTER REACH
 
Your Price: $56.99/btl
 
The 2016 Wester Reach Chardonnay combines fruit from Ritchie, Lorenzo and DuMOL’s Estate Vineyard… 
 
Winery Notes:
“Orange zest, white flower, sweet sage and hay aromas yield to softer peach and apricot. The palate is full of energy and vigor with clear-cut fruit intensity and savory character. Ripe stone fruits dominate with an underscore of oatmeal and marzipan. Texture builds with a core of old vine extract balanced with vibrant lime and oyster shell freshness. The finish is long, cleansing, and refined. Drink between 2018 and 2022.” 
DuMOL
2016 SYRAH
WILD MOUNTAINSIDE
 
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The 2016 Wild Mountainside Syrah combines fruit from Timbervine, Greywacke and Hoppe-Kelly Vineyards (source for the Eddie’s Patch Syrah between 2000-2013). 
 

Winery Notes:

“…inky and concentrated. Blackberry, boysenberry and blueberry fruit characters dominate both aromas and palate. There’s vibrant grapefruit zest, floral lilac, wild thyme and roasted meat characters. The fruit is plush and deep, but there’s always a sense of mountain precision and detail. A savory ferrous note adds intrigue to the full-bodied, chewy palate but the wine remains fine and polished throughout. It holds 15 years of aging potential in a cool cellar.”  
DuMOL
2016 PINOT NOIR
WESTER REACH 
 
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The 2016 Wester Reach Pinot intertwines fruit from Ritchie, Occidental Road, Dutton-Upp Road and Widdoes Vineyards. 
 
 

Winery Notes:

“Complex, layered aromas – red cherry, black pepper, hibiscus and orange peel – are wonderfully bright and fresh while cranberry and pomegranate, wild thyme and underbrush lend fine detail. The broad fruit entry possesses great lift – juicy and vibrant, then immediately deep and layered. The mid-palate is succulent and round with cherry liqueur and rhubarb flavors which extend on fresh acidity through the long, black peppercorn-infused finish. Drink between 2018 and 2026.”