Vaughn Duffy Petaluma Gap Pinot Noir 2024 NO20231025 2% Garnacha—a classic Rioja Alta

2% Garnacha—a classic Rioja Alta recipe

and Fuji apple skin

where the intensely fired barrels create a deep 'alligator' char layer for added smoothness

Hand-harvested Alban

Immediate warming peatiness drift to a sweet Oloroso sherry influence with rich oak

Vaughn Duffy Petaluma Gap Pinot Noir 2024 NO20231025 2% Garnacha—a classic Rioja AltaThe 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