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Thomas Fogarty Pinot Noir Windy Hill Vineyard 2019

“Readers should do whatever they can to taste these wines.” -Antonio Galloni

96 Points (Editors’ Choice), Wine Enthusiast – 93 Points, Vinous

This is high-altitude Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir at its absolute finest—single-vineyard, single-block fruit from the exceptional 2021 vintage in California. It’s an incredible cold weather site at over 2000 feet elevation that helps create some incredibly racy and vibrant Pinot Noir. The winery release price is $78/bottle and with huge scores attached and an Editors’ Choice designation attached. Wine Enthusiast wrote that this “demonstrates tremendous concentration at stunningly low alcohol.”

Original price was: $78.00.Current price is: $35.00.

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96 Points (Editors’ Choice), Wine Enthusiast
This bottling by winemaker Nathan Kandler, from a vineyard 2,000-feet up in the mountains, demonstrates tremendous concentration at stunningly low alcohol. Aromas of mulberry, mace and sandalwood lead into a rich and woody palate that’s reminiscent of a summer-warmed pine forest, where wild elderberry shrubs and plum orchards bake in the sunshine.

93 Points, Vinous
The 2019 Pinot Noir Windy Hill Vineyard is one of the more extroverted wines in this range of 2019s. It offers up notes of exotic red berry fruit mixed with scents of star anise, blood orange, cedar, tobacco and whole cluster inflections. Although a bit wild, the Windy Hill has a ton of character, even if it remains unruly.

“These are, without question, the most impressive wines I have tasted from Fogarty. Longtime winemaker Nathan Kandler and proprietor Tommy Fogarty hit it out of the park. The Chardonnays are deep, tense and loaded with energy. Pretty much the same is true of the Pinot Noirs, which offer unreal depth, complexity and dynamic energy to match. Winemaking is minimalist. Spontaneous fermentations, modest use of new oak and some stem influence in the Pinots are the norm. Aging in wood is around 16 months, on the long side for California and ideal for these wines. Readers should do whatever they can to taste these wines.” -Antonio Galloni, Vinous

What can you even say about this? We have a once in a lifetime opportunity with the legendary Thomas Fogarty trying to lighten his cellar as he patches the torch to the next generation. This an exclusive offer with exclusive pricing you won’t find anywhere else. I had this in our Ho Ho Ho Case but now, I’m feeling releasing it into the wild on its own.

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