Vaughn Duffy Russian River Valley Pinot Noir Bacigalupi Vineyards 2023 Lettie Teague WSJ On Wine but somewhat more approachable

but somewhat more approachable

If you know fernet only through Branca

she farms biodynamically — pendulums and all — and ferments with wild yeasts in both vin clair and the bottle

so it drinks rich but never flabby

a stone's throw from Le Montrachet itself

Vaughn Duffy Russian River Valley Pinot Noir Bacigalupi Vineyards 2023 Lettie Teague WSJ On Wine but somewhat more approachableThe Bacigalupi name sits inside one of California's founding legends: their Chardonnay made up a large share of the 1973 Chateau Montelena that beat white Burgundy in Paris in 1976. Three generations later the family still farms the same Westside Road ground in the Russian River Valley, and their Pinot Noir is some of the most sought after fruit in Sonoma. Matt Duffy and Sara Vaughn get a small allocation of it and bottle it on its own rather than