Three Sisters Sea Ridge Meadow Pinot Noir
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck breast, wild mushroom risotto, herb-crusted pork tenderloin.
✨ Technical Specifications
Perched on the rugged ridges of the extreme Sonoma Coast within the Fort Ross-Seaview AVA, the Three Sisters Vineyard is named in honor of the three Martinelli sisters: Carol, Charlotte, and Donna. The 'Sea Ridge Meadow' block is situated on a high-elevation coastal terrace, sitting safely above the thick Pacific fog line. This unique positioning allows the vines to bask in intense, unfiltered sunlight during the day while being cooled by brisk maritime winds at night. This dramatic diurnal shift slows ripening, allowing the Pinot Noir grapes to develop deep, concentrated flavors, thick skins, and a vibrant backbone of natural acidity. Crafted with the family's signature minimalist approach, the wine is fermented with wild yeasts and aged in French oak barrels before being bottled unfined and unfiltered, preserving its rich, wild berry profile, earthy complexity, and distinct coastal salinity.
🍾 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
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
14.0% - 15.0%