2022 Lioco Pinot Noir Mendocino County, California, USA Pascal Doquet Delicious everyday wine

Delicious everyday wine

The wine is classified as a VDF rather than as Touraine AOC because the latter no longer permits Chenin Blanc

Clay and limestone terroir

100% destemmed and maceration on the skins and pits for about 3 weeks

2022 Lioco Pinot Noir Mendocino County, California, USA Pascal Doquet Delicious everyday wineThere are two new sources as of the 2021. The first, a dry farmed, hillside vineyard located at the western headwaters of the Russian River Valley (which is in fact in Mendo County). This site on shallow hillside soils sits at higher elevation and sees 40 60 degree diurnal shifts. The resulting wine born of tiny yields1 ton per acrehas a powerful mid palate structure that tastes like $50 Pinot Noir. The other site is on the far Mendo coast facing the