Blue Quail, Pinot Noir, Mendocino County, California 2023

Blue Quail Pinot Noir is a lighter styled red wine, perfect for pairing with your favorite dishes. It is aromatic, smooth, and easy drinking with a silky soft palate. It shows notes of bright cherry, strawberry and a hint of cocoa, with just a kiss of oak to round it out. Founder Guinness McFadden has been growing grapes organically for over 40 years. Back when he started McFadden Vineyard, organic farming had a different name: farming. It is the quality of the grapes that puts McFadden ahead of other growers. McFadden has established separate growing environments for different grapes in the vineyards. Head pruned and trellised, as well as irrigated and dry farmed, these vines are planted next to the Russian River and on rocky hillside slopes. The grapes of McFadden Farm are not grown one way, but are instead thoughtful and dynamic expressions of terroir, the marriage of grape to place, grown for desired varietal correctness. He planted his Blue Quail vineyard on a beautiful piece of l