On Wings Of Pinot Noir

Top-shelf Roessler single-vineyard Pinot Noir at this price? Are we hallucinating again?

The first thing I remember is running through the woods. These weren’t, like, shiny happy hippie woods – these were the kind of woods Hansel and Gretel got lost in. I don’t know how I got there, or what I was doing, or what I was running from. Actually, it felt more like I was running toward something. Then I tripped over a branch or a vine or something. I guess I hit my head and blacked out.

When I woke up, I was still in the forest. It was night-time, but I could see a dark red glow through the trees. It reminded me of that Laser Metallica show they do at the Planetarium. I suddenly felt compelled to go to it – like, if I didn’t, my life would forever be missing something. So I stumbled toward the light. My mouth started watering. My hair stood on end. I had an overpowering craving for cheese. My mind didn’t know what was in store there, but it was like my body did.

Then I reached the clearing and saw them: two fairies or pixies or tinkerbells or whatever. Two little women with wings flying and dancing and giggling. They looked like they were made of yellowish glass, but the red glow was coming from inside them. It blew my mind.

Then they looked right at me and stopped flying around. I about crapped my pants.

But they laughed and flew over to me. They couldn’t have been bigger than a Dustbuster. They took my hands and get this – they lifted me into the air. By my hands. Even though I’m like 275 pounds and they were tiny little glass fairies. I’m floating at this point, held up by their tiny, glassy hands. So I go “Where am I?” And they’re like “The enchanted Pinot Noir forest – specifically, the Roessler Recreation and Picnic Area.”

Then I go “Who are you?” And one of them says, “I’m Savoy!” And she looks at me and I swear to God, all the sudden I could smell blackberries and mushrooms and the moss and mint and dirt of the forest floor. It was a little spicy, too, somehow. Then I’m tasting it, and then I taste dark plum and fig and a little bit of pencil lead. I’m freaking out but this pixie just giggles.

The other one goes “I’m La Encantada!” As soon as I look at her, we’re off on the whole smell-taste rollercoaster again. It was like somebody was smoking pork with lots of herbs and spices, then somebody else opened up a bag of fresh cherries. I was like “How are you doing this?” but this one just laughed, too.

Then I remember that I’m, like, floating above the ground – flying, almost – just being held up there by these two little-bitty fairies. And I start laughing, too. And we all laugh together, and we fly, and we dance, and the moon casts its cold light down on their warm glow makes colors I’ve never seen. I don’t know how long this went on. Hours? Days? Anyway, at some point I fell asleep. When I woke up, it was morning, and there was no trace of the fairies. But aside from a mild case of cottonmouth, I felt incredible. I’ve never felt more free, more alive. It really changed everything for me.

Oh, also, I was naked this whole time. Did I mention that?

2006 Savoy Vineyard Anderson Valley Pinot Noir

• pH: 3.7
• TA (g/100ml): 0.61
• Time in Barrel: 11 months in oak
• Alcohol: 14.0 %
• 323 Cases Produced

2006 La Encantada Vineyard Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir

• pH: 3.66
• TA: .61
• Alcohol: 13.6
• Time in Oak : 15 months

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