Rochioli Chardonnay Russian River Valley 2024

Some wineries you chase for years. Rochioli is one of them. I’ve visited them, traded emails, traded phone calls, and then one day, BOOM! We finally locked into an offer for the first time ever on Nicholas Wines. To make this extra special, I’m offering three wines from one of America’s greatest winemaking families, who also happen to be the current cover feature of Wine Spectator (pictured below). This is a very big deal.

The Rochioli story starts in 1959 when Joe Rochioli Jr. planted Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Sauvignon on a ranch along Westside Road in the Russian River Valley. He was happy, but really eager to plant Pinot Noir after his father passed, even though most said it was a mistake. By 1968, the first Pinot vines went into the ground. In 1985, Tom Rochioli made the first estate wine. Two years later, Wine Spectator would name it the ‘Best Pinot Noir in America’. Just like that: a superstar was born.