2024 Waits-Mast Pinot Noir, Mariah Vineyard, Mendocino Ridge

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Mariah Vineyard is set in Mendocino Ridge, a remote and higher elevation appellation that is sort of the wild west of Pinot Noir growing in Mendocino County. While the area of the AVA is over 250,000 acres, the only suitable land for grape-growing is above 1,200 feet elevation and currently about 75 or so acres are currently planted to wine grapes.

In the 1970s, Dan Dooling and Vicki Tomola purchased land at 2,400 feet elevation above Point Arena and planted Zinfandel, Syrah and Petite Syrah, then later Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir. Dan and Vicki's family are now involved in the farming practices of the vineyard. Daughter Nicole and her husband Michael have introduced regenerative farming practices to promote ecological life and biodiversity across the vineyard.

The Pinot Noir block that we source from at Mariah comes from two different clones, Dijon 115 and Pommard, planted on a combination of Hugo and Josephine loams over a well drained Sandstone fractured Shale subsoil. The vines run east west with 10-foot rows and 7 foot vine spacing, with quadrilateral cordon training and is dry-farmed - a particularly beneficial trait during draught years.

All of this yields a complex and naunced expression of coastal, mountaintop Pinot Noir.

Reviews:

93 Points, Wine Spectator (September 2026): "A bright, fresh, slightly high-toned style, with morello cherry and mulled strawberry fruit lifted by rose petal and hibiscus details through the long, tea- and sous-bois–tinged finish, which brings you back for another sip. Drink now through 2031."

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2024 Waits-Mast Pinot Noir, Mariah Vineyard, Mendocino Ridge