Three Sticks 'Price Family Estate' Pinot Noir 2021

Grape Varietals: 100% Pinot Noir

Wine Region: Sonoma, California

Tasting Notes:  Well rounded with a balance of rich fruits and woody tannins, elicits boysenberry, wild strawberry, and pine needle. With essences of ripe watermelon, Rainier cherries, and vanilla.

Food Pairing: BBQ Salmon Steaks

Rating: 

• Wine Enthusiast 96/100

Additional Information:

Billy Three Sticks Price, proprietor of Kistler and the Durell and Gap’s Crown vineyards established Three Sticks in 2002 with the aim of producing small lot, site-specific artisanal wines from exceptional Sonoma Coast vineyards. Bob Cabral, former winemaker and GM of Williams Selyem came on board and has fulfilled the brief perfectly. The winery does not owe its name to vines stuck in the soil of Sonoma but to its founder, Bill Price III, whose surfer buddies called him “Three Sticks” in reference to the Roman numerals that follow his name.
Of their vineyards, Durell is a rolling 610-acre vineyard with rocky, volcanic soils spanning the Sonoma Vallet, Sonoma Coast and Carneros AVAs, often named one of the top five vineyards of Sonoma County. Gap’s Crown is 406 acres in the cool and windy Petaluma Gap, is one of the most iconic vineyards of the Sonoma Coast, consistently producing pinot noirs and chardonnays of renowned distinction.