Francis Ford Coppola Director's Pinot Noir 2017

This vintage of Director’s Pinot Noir blends grapes from Carneros, which produces fruit with spice and earth notes, with grapes from the Russian River Valley, an area known for creating rich, dense wines noted for bright cherry and cranberry flavors. As a result of combining fruit from two appellations, we designate this wine "Sonoma Coast.” Both of these regions experience a cool climate and fog that rolls in from the coast, conditions that favor Pinot Noir. Once our fruit is placed in tanks after harvest, we perform punch downs each day in our open-top fermenters in order to coax from our grapes as much color and flavor as possible. Because this wine represents optimal vintage conditions, it’s even more deeply colored and dense than last vintage.

Soft and supple on the palate, yet brimming with flavors of ripe red berries and fragrant spices.

An intricate blend of Pinot Noir grapes highlighting different regions and microclimates of Northern California.