Vaughn Duffy Petaluma Gap Pinot Noir 2024 web-published the Sauvage instead puts Pinot

the Sauvage instead puts Pinot Noir through a short maceration on the skins

Teraxe blends Altesse

with the kind of cassis-and-graphite spine that needed nearly two decades to unwind

Grand Cru seriousness that doesn't demand a decade of patience before it says anything — though it will absolutely reward one

Full nose of vanilla and nuts

Vaughn Duffy Petaluma Gap Pinot Noir 2024 web-published the Sauvage instead puts PinotThe Petaluma Gap is named for a literal gap: a low break in the coastal hills that funnels cold Pacific air and fog inland nearly every afternoon. Vines answer that constant wind by slowing down and thickening their skins, which is why Pinot Noir from here tends to arrive darker and firmer than what grows a few miles inland. Matt Duffy and Sara Vaughn have been making small lots of Sonoma wine since 2009, working with growers they actually know rather