dierke bottle

2025 Spring Release

 

Vineyard Profile

Dierke’s organically certified hillside vineyard is nestled just off Bodega Highway within a diverse habitat of fruit trees, vegetable gardens, and beneficial plants. Notoriously exuberant and powerful, like the grower himself, the Dierke vineyard teems with life every season. In 2022, the Dierke vineyard saw lower yields, with compact clusters and deeply concentrated fruit character. To preserve fruit purity, these beautiful berries were fully destemmed, and we chose to age the fragrant juice for 17 months in both barrel and puncheon, with one-third new tight-grained French oak. This bold and powerful Pinot Noir has developed gracefully with an additional year of bottle age prior to release.

Tasting Notes

The 2022 Dierke Pinot Noir unfolds with brooding intensity, showcasing darker fruit tones of black plum, mixed berry compote, and a dash of Chambord. A sous bois earthiness plays with hints of cocoa, lavender, and dried clove. Lending an enticing umami character is a note of shiitake mushroom, juxtaposed nicely against the dark fruit. Resolved tannins and a long finish imply graceful evolution in bottle and hint at further nuances to be unveiled with extended air and time.

Cellar Notes

  • Grower:
    John Dierke
  • Appellation:
    Sonoma Coast
  • Geographic Location:
    Western Sebastopol
  • Varietal:
    Pinot Noir
  • Selection:
    Mt. Eden, 828
  • Vineyard Age:
    Planted in 2006
  • Soil Type:
    Goldridge
  • Harvest Date:
    September 1st & 4th
  • Unfined
    & Unfiltered
  • Growing Season
    2022

Wine Reviews

July 2024 | 95 points

“The 2022 Pinot Noir Dierke is the most focused and bright of the 2022 Pinots in the range, although it, too, offers plenty of intensity. Dark fruit, herbs, flowers and spice fill out the layers, brightened by just enough acidity to provide balance. There’s good energy here, and tons of class.”

–Antonio Galloni
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