Vaughn Duffy Petaluma Gap Pinot Noir 2024 web-published with the kind of cassis-and-graphite

with the kind of cassis-and-graphite spine that needed nearly two decades to unwind

In Serralunga d'Alba

Teraxe blends Altesse

Full nose of vanilla and nuts

500 bottles

Vaughn Duffy Petaluma Gap Pinot Noir 2024 web-published with the kind of cassis-and-graphiteThe Petaluma Gap is named for a literal gap: a low break in the coastal hills that funnels cold Pacific air and fog inland nearly every afternoon. Vines answer that constant wind by slowing down and thickening their skins, which is why Pinot Noir from here tends to arrive darker and firmer than what grows a few miles inland. Matt Duffy and Sara Vaughn have been making small lots of Sonoma wine since 2009, working with growers they actually know rather