Dierberg Pommard Pinot Noir
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted duck breast, creamy mushroom risotto, seared salmon with a red wine reduction
✨ Technical Specifications
The Dominion Tantara Dierberg Pommard Pinot Noir is a masterful expression of site and clonal selection, born from the wind-swept soils of the Santa Maria Valley. The Dierberg Vineyard, situated on a mesa above the Santa Maria River, benefits from a rare transverse mountain range that funnels cool Pacific breezes and morning fog directly into the vines. This unique microclimate extends the growing season, allowing the grapes to develop deep complexity while retaining vibrant acidity. By focusing specifically on the historic Pommard clone—celebrated for its structural integrity, dark fruit profile, and savory complexity—Tantara crafts a wine of remarkable depth. Utilizing traditional Burgundian techniques, including open-top fermentation and aging in select French oak barrels, the winery coaxes out the signature earthy, forest-floor undertones and rich black cherry notes that define this exceptional terroir.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1997 in California's cool-climate Santa Barbara County, Dominion Tantara is an artisan producer renowned for its site-specific Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Sourcing fruit from celebrated Central Coast terroirs such as Bentrock, Dierberg, and La Encantada vineyards, the winery emphasizes low-intervention, Burgundian-inspired winemaking techniques that showcase the purity of each vintage. Its cellar regime prioritizes indigenous fermentations, gentle handling, and judicious use of French oak to produce focused, elegant wines of remarkable depth and ageability. In addition to its acclaimed single-vineyard and reserve Pinot Noirs, Dominion Tantara crafts refined, small-lot expressions of Chardonnay, Syrah, and Cabernet Franc.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Pinot Noir