2021 Kings Ridge Croix Estate
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Kings Ridge 2021

a Pinot Noir from Fort Ross-SeaviewCA

One of our most substantial, complex wines among our mix of single-vineyard Pinot Noirs, this wine is a rare beauty. Raw honey and crème de cassis hit the senses, quickly leading to licorice, black cherries, sweet tobacco leaf, blue herbs, cream soda, cardamom and coconut. On the palate this wine is massive and full-bodied with blueberry compote, candied raspberries, plum concentrate, bittersweet cocoa and crushed espresso bean, with mouthwatering acidity and a perpetual finish. Delicious!

Descriptors

  • Honey
  • creme de cassis
  • licorice
  • black cherries
  • sweet tobacco leaf
  • blue herbs
  • cream soda
  • cardomom
  • coconut
  • blueberry compote
  • candied raspberries
  • plum concentrate

Composition

100% Pinot Noir

Aging

50% New French Oak for 16 Months

Vineyard

Cinghiale Vineyard

Alc. %

14.5%
Detailed Info
Cases Produced 150
Organic Yes
Sustainable Yes
Closure Natural
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Croix Estate

Visiting Croix Estate requires advance reservations, as our private tastings are held primarily for Allocation List members, with limited access to the general public. If you love luxury micro-production, single-vineyard Chardonnay, and Pinot Noir, this is the spot for you!

One must be seriously audacious to succeed in wine growing.

To work in wine is to work incredibly hard. It is physical, mental, emotional, spiritual. It requires deep knowledge in agriculture, science, and business with an instinct for what comprises fine art. It takes vision, patience, grit and being on the right side of serendipity, often.  It is as equally uplifting as it is heartbreaking, as preparedness is no guarantee of success.

This understanding finds truth in the founding of Croix Estate and where we find ourselves in this moment.  Croix Estate began with our founding vintage in 2012, followed by the opening of our winery in 2018, and the steadfast continuance to achieve perfection in the glass annually.

The initial concept of Croix was a quixotic collage of random ideas and wines: shock art labels, uncommon grape varieties, uncommon wine regions, no wine made more than one vintage, and on it went from idea to idea, most of which were done, being done, or being re-conceptualized by many others in search of repurposed uniqueness within the winemaking community. Rather than chase a creative, newly used concept, we determined to distill the purpose of Croix Estate into a fundamental pursuit of perfection.


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