2022 Ponzi Paloma Pinot Noir

$85.00

2022 Ponzi Paloma Pinot Noir

Name: 2022 Ponzi Paloma Pinot Noir
Brand: Ponzi Vineyards
SKU: 22PN363BCW
Price: 85.00 USD
Availability: InStock

Inky, angular, bramble

Shaped by Biodiversity.

Grown on Luisa Ponzi's home farm — where sheep, bees, and biodiversity shape the land alongside the vines — Paloma is a Pinot Noir that reflects a living ecosystem. Though a younger vineyard, its elevation means less loess cover, putting the vines directly into the basalt — producing a wine of uncommon depth and intensity for its age. Inky, angular, full of bramble, it tastes like the land it comes from.

96James Suckling
95International Wine Report

Appellation: Laurelwood DistrictVineyard: PalomaTA: 5.1 g/LpH: 3.71Volume: 750 mLABV: 14.1

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Winemaker Notes

Paloma opens in the dark and doesn't apologize for it — espresso powder, chocolate cherry, mint leaf, cedar sawdust, and something that can only be described as alpine desert air. Blueberry compote arrives beneath, soft against the rest. On the palate, the layers keep coming: dried thyme and violets, chocolate-covered espresso bean, potpourri, cinnamon bark, cedar plank, lava rock, dried mushroom, graphite. A finish that settles into earthy minerality — the basalt, present from vine to glass. This is what it tastes like when a vineyard is already in the rock.

Pairings

Lamb ragu with pappardelle

Persian herb frittata (kuku sabzi)

Venison with juniper and roasted root vegetables

Aged goat cheese with fig jam

Al pastor tacos from the food truck

Occasions

When the menu starts with what's in season

From the farm to the table

For the dinner that took all day to make

In the vineyard

The 2022 growing season opened with false promise. A beautiful early spring encouraged bud break across the valley — then a blast of Arctic air sent temperatures below freezing for nearly seven days. An unprecedented late frost event. What emerged weeks later, from the protected secondary and tertiary buds, was quietly remarkable. Summer came on strong, October arrived dry — one of the warmest in Oregon history — and fruit ripened exactly as it should. Paloma is Luisa Ponzi's home vineyard — a southeast-facing site at 880 feet elevation in the Laurelwood District AVA, named for the doves that share the land with the vines. At this elevation, less loess cover means the vines are already in the basalt, producing a wine of uncommon depth and intensity. Harvested October 12, 2022.

IN THE CELLAR

Fruit was hand sorted with 30% whole cluster, then fermented in small lots with five days of cold soak to build aroma and color. Fermenters were punched down twice daily across 14 to 20 days, with peak temperatures reaching 90°F. The wine aged in French oak — 45% new — for 11 months, followed by 7 months in 100% neutral oak. Racked and bottled by gravity without filtration or fining.