DRG Daryl Rex Groom River Road Ranch Russian River Pinot Noir 2015
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Guarantee yourself first dibs of the next vintage (and every vintage thereafter) by popping your name on the reserve list. Nothing to pay today!
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Never Miss Out
Never Miss Out
Guarantee yourself first dibs of the next vintage (and every vintage thereafter) by popping your name on the reserve list today. There are no tie-ins or commitments, you can take your name off the list at any point. We'll email you a week or two before the wine arrives, then pop your wines in the post (unless you tell us not to). There's absolutely nothing to pay today. You simply settle up when we ship you the wine. Please click here for a full list of FAQS.
Guarantee yourself first dibs of the next vintage (and every vintage thereafter) by popping your name on the reserve list. Nothing to pay today!
people have already reserved their case
About the wine
Incredible single-vineyard Pinot from the very heart of the Russian River Valley
Daryl Groom, your Angel-funded winemaker, says:
- "I love this Pinot. It's a richer more structured style. And it's soft and round and supple and teases your taste buds. Dark red fruits show on the aroma with a little vanilla and spice. After the first sip, you are called quickly for another."
- "This wine is all from one vineyard in the heart of Russian River on River Road. What I love about this vineyard, apart from the great micro-climate, is that it's planted to 6 different clones of Pinot Noir in small 3-4 acre lots. I love the individual nuances of all the different clones."
- "This wine has all 'the bells and whistles' – Hand-harvested at the perfect time of year to get ripe fruit with a lot of verve...Handmade in small open-top fermenters... A painstaking 3-day cold soak where we amplify the smoothest, fruitiest components of the grapes...a gentle punch down 3-4 times a day, and 100% (expensive) french oak aging."
Best before
I love it now but it will age well for 5 years easily.
Serving advice
Pinots don't need much air. I like to drink at room temperature or just below and pour straight from the bottle.
Food match
I love pinots with white meat especially pork. I also love with pizza. Another great pairing is Oysters Kilpatrick.
Contains sulphites
Wine profile
Meet the winemaker - Daryl Groom
- Meet Daryl... a 35-year veteran of the wine biz, credited eight-times as Winemaker of the Year, named by Food & Wine Magazine as one of 11 visionaries to change the world of wine... and oh yes, he served up his wines at the Oscars and Emmys two years in a row! Safe to say, the man's accomplished.
- Working as the senior white and red winemaker at Penfolds, his 1986 Penfolds Grange was arguably one of the top 3 Granges ever made - 98 points from Spectator and Robert Parker. And now that he works for you, he loves showing off wines from Australia and his California home – Sonoma and Russian River Valley.
- Thanks to your funding, Daryl can focus on doing what he loves – making great wine and sharing great wine. And he selects the best barrels he needs and farms to the best quality. "You are a gift from God to a winemaker," he says. "I knew there were Angels in heaven!"
–– "Groom made Penfolds' flagship red, Grange Hermitage, which has become Australia's most collectible wine." --Wine Spectator, on the $500+ Grange
–– "Groom is my choice for Winemaker of the Year " -- LA Times, Dan Berger
–– "Daryl Groom. The human Tornado. " -- Bill Rice, Chicago Tribune
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