Vaughn Duffy Russian River Valley Pinot Noir Bacigalupi Vineyards 2023 Wine Bar | Beer aged in concrete for eight

aged in concrete for eight months

working harvests at his father's eponymous Carlton winery from his early teens — and launched Purple Hands in 2005 (later joined by his wife Marque)

the Quatre Royer exhibits a toasty

60% Pinot Meunier

Vaughn Duffy Russian River Valley Pinot Noir Bacigalupi Vineyards 2023 Wine Bar | Beer aged in concrete for eightThe Bacigalupi name sits inside one of California's founding legends: their Chardonnay made up a large share of the 1973 Chateau Montelena that beat white Burgundy in Paris in 1976. Three generations later the family still farms the same Westside Road ground in the Russian River Valley, and their Pinot Noir is some of the most sought after fruit in Sonoma. Matt Duffy and Sara Vaughn get a small allocation of it and bottle it on its own rather than