Trail Marker Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir Saveria Vineyard 2021 CS20230718 dried fruit and baking spice

dried fruit and baking spice — while the cooked-agave core underneath keeps it from collapsing into sweetness

the kind of ancient plantings that lift this often-overlooked grape into something serious and saline

Damery-based but punching well above its weight class

and this is a benchmark

Trail Marker Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir Saveria Vineyard 2021 CS20230718 dried fruit and baking spiceTrail Marker makes some of California's most thrilling cool climate reds, and this Pinot Noir comes from the haunting Saveria Vineyard high in the Santa Cruz Mountains, a site they earned access to through legendary viticulturist Prudy Foxx. Drew Huffine and Emily Virgil farm cold coastal ground and work with a transparent, whole cluster, no new oak approach that lets the place speak. The result is bold but savory, with crushed cranberry, wild