Vaughn Duffy Sonoma County Pinot Noir 2024 Domaine Michel Gros 2022 Freisa is a little-known native

Freisa is a little-known native Piedmont grape

with an average vine age around 60 years and some over a century old

the full Cote de Nuits resume - which makes a white from Marsannay a bit of a curiosity

Bigger and bolder than Labet's Chardonnays

with Adelsheim's Gina Hennen guiding the winemaking

Vaughn Duffy Sonoma County Pinot Noir 2024 Domaine Michel Gros 2022 Freisa is a little-known nativeMost entry level Pinot Noir is a leftover, made from whatever didn't make the cut for the fancy bottlings. This one is built on purpose, blended from vineyards across Sonoma County that Matt Duffy and Sara Vaughn chose for how they play off each other: cooler coastal influenced sites for lift and freshness, warmer inland ones for fruit and flesh. The couple started the label in 2009 and still work in small lots, so this bottle gets the same attention