Stirm Wine Co. Cienega Valley Pinot Noir Joaquinite 2023 champagne-club Swanesang reveals a marine-influenced character

Swanesang reveals a marine-influenced character with perfumed black and blue fruit

and quietly serious

This is an essential Champagne for lovers of mineral-driven

The result is a Californian Pinot in a transparent

Stirm Wine Co. Cienega Valley Pinot Noir Joaquinite 2023 champagne-club Swanesang reveals a marine-influenced characterNamed for a rare gemstone mined in the rugged hills of San Benito County, Joaquinite is Ryan Stirm's Pinot Noir from the historic Gimelli Vineyard in Cienega Valley limestone rich soils, hot days, cold nights. Two blocks planted in 1997 are hand picked, destemmed, and fermented spontaneously in redwood vats for eight days before aging in old barrels. The result is a Californian Pinot in a transparent, structured mode: red fruited, lifted, and shaped