Reserve Pinot Noir
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck breast, wild mushroom risotto, seared salmon with a cherry reduction.
✨ Technical Specifications
The Martinelli Reserve Pinot Noir is a masterful expression of the Russian River Valley's unique terroir, shaped by the cooling maritime fog that rolls in from the Pacific Ocean and the region's famous Goldridge sandy loam soils. Sourced from select blocks of the family's historic estate vineyards, this wine reflects over a century of agricultural heritage. The Martinelli family employs rigorous hand-farming and yield-limiting techniques to ensure maximum concentration. In the cellar, the grapes undergo fermentation with native yeasts and the wine is aged in premium French oak barrels. To preserve its natural texture, deep complexity, and vibrant fruit character, it is bottled unfined and unfiltered, resulting in a lush, velvety Pinot Noir defined by notes of dark cherry, plum, and exotic baking spices.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in the late 1880s by Italian immigrants Giuseppe Martinelli and Luisa Vellutini, Martinelli Winery is a celebrated multi-generational estate nestled in California's Russian River Valley and Sonoma Coast. For over a century, the family has farmed historically significant, steep hillside sites, most famously the iconic Jackass Hill and Jackass Vineyard planted in 1887. Guided by an uncompromising dedication to estate viticulture and low-intervention winemaking, the winery captures the distinct microclimates and soils of Sonoma County. Martinelli is globally acclaimed for its powerful, old-vine Zinfandels, expressive single-vineyard Pinot Noirs, structured Syrahs, and richly textured Chardonnays.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Pinot Noir