Vaughn Duffy Petaluma Gap Pinot Noir 2024 web-published Long before organic Champagne was

Long before organic Champagne was fashionable

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

In Serralunga d'Alba

Notes of pickled mushroom and soy caramel give way to elegant notes of chamomile

supported by bright grapefruit

Vaughn Duffy Petaluma Gap Pinot Noir 2024 web-published Long before organic Champagne wasThe 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