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96 James Suckling -
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Impressive freshness and purity of fruit here, making for an enticing young pinot with an air of grace and great potential. Such compelling, earthy sous bois, spices and fresh red cherries. The palate has a captivatingly layered and seamless feel, building fresh red-cherry and deeper blueberry flavors. The rhythm and depth here are magnificent. Superb. Try from 2022.
95 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate -
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Made with 100% whole cluster, the 2017 Pinot Noir Home Field Vineyard is pale to medium ruby in the glass and offers up smoked meats, stone, violets, wet bark and citrus peel over a dense core of cranberry, pomegranate and rhubarb with dried black tea leaves notions. Light to medium-bodied, it explodes in the mouth with orange peel, earthy nuances and fantastically concentrated fruits, knit with a fine frame of lightly chalky tannins and juicy freshness, finishing very long and layered. This is drinking beautifully now but will age well in bottle.
94+ Vinous -
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The 2017 Pinot Noir Home Field is the most inward of the three Pinots from Raen. Intense whole cluster savoriness, saline underpinnings and searing tannins give the 2017 much of its reticence today. Even so, the 2017 offers tremendous energy and overall intensity, not to mention tons of personality. I suspect all it needs is time in bottle. Readers will have to be quite patient, as the 2017 is not at all ready to offer much in the way of pleasure today.
Technical Details
- BlendPinot Noir
- WinemakerCarlo and Dante Mondavi
- CountryUS
- RegionCalifornia North Coast
- AppellationFort Ross-Seaview, Sonoma Coast
- Alcohol13%
RAEN Pinot Noir Home Field Fort Ross Seaview 2017
Pinot Noir | US
JS96, WA95, VN94+
Too late, we are SOLD OUT!
Let’s get right to it. RAEN (pronounced "rain") stands for "Research in Agriculture and Enology Naturally". Practicing organic and biodynamic viticulture as well as regenerative agriculture, all without irrigation of any kind, the RAEN team spares no expenses in the vineyards.
The utterly brilliant 96-point Home Field is from a single vineyard monopole site under long-term lease, just past Marcassin, Martinelli and Hirsch vineyards deep on the Sonoma Coast. Tiny production and selling out on their mailing list in minutes, this is a must have for serious pinot connoisseurs. It is truly lucky we were able to snag a few cases. A blockbuster. Read all the rave reviews below! This is WOW wine!
The utterly brilliant 96-point Home Field is from a single vineyard monopole site under long-term lease, just past Marcassin, Martinelli and Hirsch vineyards deep on the Sonoma Coast. Tiny production and selling out on their mailing list in minutes, this is a must have for serious pinot connoisseurs. It is truly lucky we were able to snag a few cases. A blockbuster. Read all the rave reviews below! This is WOW wine!
About the Producer
In a remote, raw territory where forests and meadows meet the Pacific Ocean, the story of RAEN began in 2013. Fourth-generation vintners and brothers, Carlo and Dante Mondavi (sons of Tim Mondavi and grandchildren of Robert Mondavi), admired these hills of the true Sonoma Coast for decades, recognizing their potential to yield whole-cluster pinot noirs of incredible expression, elegance, and length. RAEN (pronounced "rain") is their ethos, representing a dedication to Research in Agriculture and Enology Naturally and reminding us that rain becomes wine in the vineyard every year.