Garys Vineyard Pinot Noir
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted duck breast, pan-seared salmon with wild mushrooms, roasted rack of lamb
✨ Technical Specifications
The story of Garys' Vineyard is one of California's great wine legends, born from the lifelong friendship and visionary ambition of two iconic growers, Gary Pisoni and Gary Franscioni. Planted in 1997 in the wind-swept Santa Lucia Highlands of Monterey County, this legendary site is celebrated for its dramatic maritime influence. Chilly winds and dense morning fog rolling in from Monterey Bay slow the ripening process, allowing the Pinot Noir grapes to develop remarkably thick skins, deep color, and intense flavor concentration while retaining vibrant natural acidity. Dominion Tantara handles this prized fruit with utmost reverence, employing traditional French winemaking techniques including gentle fermentation and aging in fine French oak barrels. The resulting wine is a powerful yet sophisticated expression of the terroir, renowned for its dark cherry fruit, exotic spices, earthy undertones, and velvety structure.
🍾 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
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
14-14.8%