Withers Pinot Noir English Hill Sonoma Coast 2022

English Hill sits on a hilltop in the rugged southwest Sonoma Coast, just a few miles from the Pacific Ocean. The vineyard overlooks Tomales Bay and the Petaluma Wind Gap, and the ocean influence is unmistakable—bright, pure-fruited Pinot Noir with remarkable earth tones and coastal minerality. The elevation, Goldridge sandy loam soils, and relentless maritime fog create the kind of conditions that produce super-charged, racy and elegant Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir.

This is a special cuvee of nine Pinot Noir blocks planted to elite clones—115, 667, Calera and the revered Vosne Romanée. David Low (Anthill Farms/Williams Seylem) ferments and ages everything in 5-15-year-old neutral French oak barrels with minimal intervention. The way the wine comes out with such piercing energy, I can’t understand why more people aren’t doing this. Everything here is done to let the vineyard speak, and it does effortlessly. This is a show-stopping Pinot you do not want to miss.