Mahi Pinot Noir, Marlborough (2023) Gift westernmost part of Sonoma County

westernmost part of Sonoma County

and that distinctive crushed-shell minerality on a finish driven by bright

Taittinger draws this cuvée from over thirty-five crus and ages it several years in the house's chalk cellars

at a time when serious Ribera meant long years in barrel

Mahi Pinot Noir, Marlborough (2023) Gift westernmost part of Sonoma CountyMahi "our work" in Maori is the project of Brian Bicknell, who returned to Marlborough in the 1990s convinced its valleys were being flattened into one regional style. His answer was to chase the character of individual sites rather than blend it away, and the wines made his name for exactly that. This Pinot Noir draws on two contrasting vineyards: the cooler Fareham Road end of Twin Valleys, which gives the wine its firm, fine grained structure, and