Liquid Farm - Pinot Noir SBC Santa Rita Hills 2023

Often said, but very true, all great wine starts in the vineyard. Liquid Farm’s project name reflects their strong belief in that philosophy. It is truly all about place in combination with the highest quality fruit and letting the varietal and regional typicity of the wine shine through from vineyard to glass… Liquid from Farming.

They allow the wines to develop on their own with little intervention, minimal or no new oak and use no additives or machines to manipulate the wines’ inherent personality.

Liquid Farm selfishly decided to start out making what they most love to drink: Chardonnay that is earth and mineral driven from cool climates with little or no new oak. To achieve these qualities they were drawn to one of the coolest of all California AVA's, Sta. Rita Hills. Located in Santa Barbara County, it is home to some of the most Chardonnay-suited, unique, ancient soils in North America.

Liquid Farm is also committed to blending from the handful of special vineyards they work with in the small AVA of Sta. Rita Hills to produce a collection of Chardonnays that are markedly different expressions, but with the same thread of intense minerality and salinity they started with in the vineyard.

Made with to same exacting quality standards and philosophy as the Chardonnays, albeit in much smaller quantities, the SBC Pinot Noir was sourced from top-notch vineyards in the Sta. Rita Hills: Spear, La Rinconada, Solomon Hills, Sanford & Benedict, and Radian. The wine was fermented with native yeast in open-top fermenters with about ten percent whole cluster before resting in neutral French barrique for 11 months.

Producer: Liquid Farm

Country: USA

Region: California

Varietal: Pinot Noir

Appellation: Santa Barbara County

Vintage: 2023

Size: 750ml