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Coast Pinot Noir — Barrel 12 2025 bottle
Drift Vineyard

Tasting note

Theo pulled this from the cellar in early April. The 2025 vintage was cooler than 2022. Whole cluster at 50%, neutral oak.

Chemistry at a glance

Alcohol

13.5%

pH

3.50

Residual sugar

0.8 g/L

Blend: 100% Pinot Noir

From the barrel

Barrel 12

This wine isn’t finished. We pull a small sample from the barrel before bottling so you can taste the conversation a winemaker is having with the vintage in real time.

Aging since
Oct 2025
Expected bottling
Sep 2026
Projected release
Nov 2026

The producer

Drift Vineyard

A first-generation winery in the deep Sonoma Coast cool. Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and a couple of stubborn experiments. We are here for the acid.

Drift flagship comes from a single ridge two miles from the Pacific.

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