Flowers Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2023 extra-brut-selection this adventure in restraint rewards

this adventure in restraint rewards thoughtful sipping

these old vines produce a Riesling of crystalline focus

The aftertaste is very harmonious with a mineral

cocoa nibs

Flowers Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2023 extra-brut-selection this adventure in restraint rewardsThe Sonoma Coast is one of the hardest places in California to ripen Pinot Noir which is exactly the point. Flowers built its name on the windswept ridges above the Pacific fog line, and this bottling draws on organically farmed sites where ocean wind and cold nights keep the fruit tight and slow to ripen. The 2023 leans savory rather than sweet: wild red and blue brambles, pine, dried herbs, black tea, a nearly feral edge. Ten months in mostly