2023 | Popelouchum Pinot Noir | San Benito County | USA

Ultra-rare Pinot Noir from Randall Grahm's terroir estate — ultra-close-spaced vines, high-acid, wet-stone mineral.

Popelouchum is Randall Grahm's 415-acre "wines of place" estate in San Juan Bautista, on the San Andreas Fault. This Pinot Noir comes from ultra-close-spaced, dry-farmed vines and is made in vanishingly small quantity — a high-acid, mineral, tightly-wound expression from the Bonny Doon founder's most personal project.

A tiny-lot Pinot from a California legend's estate is a genuine cult curiosity. Ultra-close spacing, dry-farmed, tiny production → a wine-of-place experiment → you're drinking Randall Grahm's terroir vision in red.

• Pinot Noir
• Popelouchum Estate, San Juan Bautista — San Benito County, California
• Randall Grahm — Bonny Doon founder, "Rhône Ranger"
• Ultra-close-spaced, dry-farmed; tiny production

Red cherry and wild berry over wet stone and cool minerality with bright acidity and a tight, focused frame. Translation: a lean, mineral, high-acid Pinot — wet-stone and red fruit with real tension, built to open with air or a few years. A distinctive, cerebral California Pinot.

An ultra-rare Pinot from a California original's terroir estate. Exactly the bottle for the adventurous collector.