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
Martinelli Winery represents one of the most storied multi-generational viticultural legacies in Sonoma County, dating back to 1887 when Tuscan immigrants Giuseppe Martinelli and Luisa Vellutini first planted vines in the Russian River Valley. The estate's crown jewel remains the famed Jackass Hill—a perilous, non-terraced 60-degree slope planted to historic heritage Zinfandel and Muscat of Alexandria. Across more than 450 acres spanning Russian River Valley and Fort Ross-Seaview, the Martinellis cultivate cool-climate Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, as well as heritage Zinfandel and Syrah, across Goldridge sandy loam and marine gravel soils influenced by dense Pacific coastal fog. Winemaking emphasizes site fidelity through ambient yeast fermentations, meticulous French oak élevage, and minimal intervention, bottling without fining or filtration. Benchmark bottlings such as Jackass Hill Zinfandel, Three Sisters Chardonnay, and Zio Tony Ranch Pinot Noir capture rich concentration, vibrant acidity, and profound structural depth.
🍇 Grapes
Pinot Noir