{"title":"Father John","description":"\u003cp\u003eFather John is a boutique Pinot Noir producer from the Russian River Valley offering a single wine from Oehlman Vineyard on Vine Hill Road just outside Graton. Proprietor and winemaker Nick Maloney is currently living in Burgundy and finishing his studies at the Lycée Viticole in Beaune, as well as working with Domaine Rollin in Pernand Vergelesses. The 2012 Father John Pinot Noir is currently the only American Pinot Noir to be found in multiple restaurants in Burgundy!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNick strives to feature acidity and delicacy, not power or ripeness. Recently, Nick poured his 2012 Father John Russian River Valley Pinot Noir at a blind tasting among vignerons from Pernand Vergelesses including Domaine Rapet, Delarche, Marey, Denis, Francoise Jeanniard, Pavelot and Rollin. As everyone tried the Farmer John Pinot Noir, no one could decide if it was old or new world. The crowd was puzzled, but approved of the wine as no one spoke about its flaws. Mr. Rapet then spoke about it and said that it was a good wine with absolutely no flaws, and the crowd seemed to agree with his statement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Nick’s boss, Remi Rollin, told everyone that it was a California Pinot Noir, everything changed! Many vignerons started to grumble. They declared that the wine had multiple flaws including lack of acidity, over ripeness, jammy fruit, and unbalance. Nick said, “I explained a bit about the wine and the small production, but everyone was now a bit ticked off and didn’t like the wine anymore.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNick told me that the blind tasting proved the power of a product being rejected because of provenance or competition, not on actual quality. Nick noted, “Burgundy winemakers believe that they are the only ones who can really make fantastic Pinot Noir.” Ultimately, it proved to be a humorous event where opinions shifted dramatically regarding wine quality when the provenance of the wine was unveiled.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"2017-father-john-mendochino-coast-pinot-noir","title":"2017 Father John, Mendochino Coast Pinot Noir","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSonoma County native Nicholas Maloney launched Father John Wines in 2010 during his stay in France with a Pinot Noir from Oehlman Vineyard on Vine Hill Road in Sebastopol. The name, Father John, is a dedication to the late Reverend, John Weaver, a renowned Episcopal priest and Nicholas’ grandfather.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNicholas has an impressive winemaking resume, having graduated from the world-renown Lycée Viticole in Burgundy and worked in Haute Svoie, Margaux, Maison Ilan in Nuits-Saint-Georges and Domaine Rollin in Pernand-Verglesses. Nicholas’ wines are one of the few American Pinot Noirs to be found on restaurant lists in Burgundy and his wines are especially popular with the Swiss, Belgians, Danish and English. European exports make up a significant amount of total sales.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNicholas has planted a vineyard on his family’s apple ranch located just outside the city limits of Sebastopol. The first estate-grown Pinot Noir from this site has been bottled and will be a cult wine demanding $395 a bottle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNicholas has been particularly attracted to the potential of Northern Mendocino County, specifically the town of Comptche. He truly believes Comptche to be one of California’s next top Pinot Noir regions. Located north of the Anderson Valley, Comptche is the only California appellation that is planted solely to Pinot Noir and Chardonnay (only 1.5 acres of Chardonnay) and there are several vineyards in this region. Nicholas believes his Comptche wines rival or surpass Chambertin wines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNicholas’ Pinot Noir wines are all 100% whole-cluster fermented with Indigenous yeasts but he typically inoculates for malolactic fermentation. A small amount of new French oak is used for aging (the Old Vines bottling reviewed below saw no new oak). The wines are never filtered. 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USA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e91\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeget moden pære, røget smør, sprød og let brøddejspræg, der trækker til chablis, men på trods af de kun 12,5 % er der viskositet som en ægte californier. Syren er til gengæld europæisk, cool og solrig på samme tid. Cremet mundfornemmelse omfavner syren og gør den klart californisk. Senere dukker der grøn vingummi op og det er kun til den gode side. Der er en skøn solrig lethed til slut. Imponerende til prisen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur new chardonnay under the Mesnil sur Blanc label is a complex blend of multiple vineyards from Mendocino and Sonoma county. 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