Belle Glos Taylor Lane Vineyard 2014 (1.5L Magnum)

“Taylor Lane is the place where I cut my teeth learned a whole lot about winemaking. The site is totally wild and Burgundian-esque with cool breezy nights. I made a series of big wines there that I quite enjoyed for about a decade. But I knew that wasn’t what the vineyard wanted me to be making.

Just a few miles from the Pacific and adjacent to William Selyem’s Summa Vineyard, these were grapes that begged for a true Burgundian treatment. So I set my personal tastes aside and brought in a Burgundian winemaking legend (he would only come if I agreed to never use his name) to help with those first few harvests.

Like great Burgundies, this is built for the long haul, so I only bottle them in Mags and I only release them when they’re ready.”

– Joe Wagner, Winemaker

2014 was a great vintage in the Sonoma Coast. From right next door to Thomas Rivers Brown and Williams Selyem’s Summa vineyard, this is pure Western sonoma coast Pinot Noir in all its glory. Aged for a decade and just starting to hit its prime.