Pinot Noir Clone POM
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted duck, wild mushroom risotto, herb-crusted pork tenderloin
✨ Technical Specifications
Scheid Vineyards' Clone POM Pinot Noir is a focused exploration of one of Burgundy's most celebrated heritage selections: the Pommard clone. Originating from the famed Pommard region of the Côte de Beaune, this clone is highly prized by winemakers for producing wines of exceptional depth, dark fruit character, and structural integrity. In the wind-swept, cool-climate terroir of Monterey County's Salinas Valley, the Pommard clone finds an ideal home. The region's defining climatic feature—the deep submarine canyon of Monterey Bay—funnels chilly winds and thick morning fog down the valley, creating an exceptionally long growing season. This slow, steady ripening allows the grapes to retain vibrant acidity while developing complex layers of black cherry, damp earth, and warm baking spices. Scheid's meticulous estate farming and precise cellar practices highlight the clone's signature muscular tannins and savory complexity, resulting in a Pinot Noir of distinctive power and elegance.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1972 by pioneer Al Scheid, Scheid Vineyards began as an ambitious viticultural venture in southern Monterey County, initially supplying fruit to major California wineries before evolving into a vertically integrated estate wine producer. Spanning more than 3,000 acres across a 70-mile expanse of the Salinas Valley—encompassing microclimates across the Monterey, Arroyo Seco, and Hames Valley AVAs—the estate leverages thermal diurnal shifts driven by maritime winds off Monterey Bay. Viticulture balances alluvial gravel, decomposed granite, and clay-loam soils across twelve distinct ranch sites, farmed under SIP Certified and Certified California Sustainable standards, with the winery fully powered by an onsite wind turbine. Winemaking prioritizes varietal clarity, tension, and texture across an eclectic portfolio, celebrated for vibrant Sauvignon Blanc Reserve, aromatic Viognier, racy Dry Riesling, and rare regional white bottlings such as Petit Manseng and Roussanne.
🍇 Grapes
Pinot Noir