{"product_id":"foxen-pinot-noir-block-8-2020","title":"Foxen pinot noir \"block 8\" 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom one of Santa Barbara County's founding cult estates — a single-block Pinot from the legendary Bien Nacido Vineyard, priced below its release.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBill Wathen and Dick Doré have been making wine together since 1985, when they founded Foxen at the historic Rancho Tinaquaic. \"Block 8\" is a single parcel within Bien Nacido — the Santa Maria Valley vineyard that reads like a who's-who roster of California Pinot — planted to a mix of clones that gives the wine its restless energy. Just over 600 cases made, 16 months in French oak (42% new).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe math is simple: this is grower-scale, single-block Bien Nacido Pinot from a 40-year benchmark producer. \u003cstrong\u003eInternational Wine Report gave it 94 points → we're at $69.99 → that's classified-vineyard California Pinot at neighborhood-bottle money.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e100% Pinot Noir, multi-clone Block 8 selection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBien Nacido Vineyard, Santa Maria Valley — Central Coast grand cru in all but name\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16 months in French oak, 42% new; ~600 cases produced\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWathen \u0026amp; Doré, four decades at Rancho Tinaquaic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Bright, punchy and super-expressive… a real feeling of exuberance.\"\u003c\/em\u003e — Vinous. \u003cstrong\u003eTranslation:\u003c\/strong\u003e red and purple flowers, huckleberry and Bing cherry, lemony acid keeping it crunchy and alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAround 600 cases exist and this is a single block within them — the kind of allocation that doesn't repeat. If you care about where California Pinot actually comes from, Block 8 is exactly how you start.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"XXI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48605810950398,"sku":"XXI-0096","price":69.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0427\/5837\/files\/Foxenpinotnoirblock82020.png?v=1785472958","url":"https:\/\/www.mrdwine.com\/products\/foxen-pinot-noir-block-8-2020","provider":"Mr.D Wine Merchant","version":"1.0","type":"link"}