2007 Pinot Noir Bondi Home Ranch Water Trough Vineyard
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The 2007 Pinot Noir Bondi Home Ranch is medium ruby-brick in color and has a lovely perfume of kirsch, dried cranberries and dried cherries with hints of faded roses, black tea and dusty soil with a waft of mossy bark. Medium to full-bodied, it provides mouth-filling dried red berries and earthy layers with a velvety texture and uplifting, wonderfully perfumed finish.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate
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Vivid red. Vibrant red and dark berry scents are complicated by white pepper, dried rose and smoky minerals. Impressively fresh strawberry and black raspberry flavors stain the palate, picking up a bitter licorice quality on the back end. Puts on weight with air and finishes with a jolt of smoky Indian spices. This is the most open-knit of the pinots this year.
About the producer
Martinelli is a Sonoma benchmark for vineyard-designate bottlings—wines built to highlight how strongly a single site can shape Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Syrah, and Zinfandel. Across the range, the focus stays consistent: small-production bottlings that feel distinctly tied to where they’re grown.