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Over the past several years,
we have offered Pinots from two outstanding vineyards: Our traditional
bottling from the Haynes Vineyard, from which we've been getting
fruit for over three decades, and our newer offering from the Nord
Family Vineyard.
The Nord Family Vineyard
Will
Nord, the scion of the Nord Family Vineyard, is one of the premier
longtime Napa Valley viticulturists. The vineyard is one of the most
southerly in Napa County, located near the Napa River and cooled
by the breezes from nearby San Francisco Bay. Its unique location
allows the grapes to become fully ripe while retaining a
high level of acidity.
The Haynes Vineyard
Tulocay has been harvesting fruit from the Haynes
Vineyard since 1975. A lot of folks (you'd recognize their names)
also make Pinot from this vineyard. The vineyard is located on a
south facing slope just about a mile down the road east from the
winery in a
cool microclimate, also perfect for growing quality Pinot.
Unfortunately, all our 100% Nord Family Vineyard and Haynes
Vineyard Pinots are sold out. But now everyone can have the best
of both worlds... and at a bargain price! Tulocay's nonvintage
Pinot.
Our nonvintage Pinot
We like to call our nonvintage blend of '03 and '04
Nord and Haynes vineyards a true "Pinot N.V." And
why not? It's delicious to drink now, combining all the wonderful
advantages of two terrific vintages and two fine vineyards.
Of course,
our marketing department is going crazy. They say, "You can't
sell a nonvintaged premium wine." We say we can, especially
when we bottled only 750 cases and it's as good as a lot of Pinots
at twice the price.
Frankly, we believe you can't find a better Pinot
at $21 anywhere in the world. Now that's Pinot envy!
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“Hey Man,
I'm drinking wine, eating cheese and catching some rays.” — Actor Donald Sutherland
Maya: "You know,
can I ask you a personal question, Miles?"
Miles: "Sure."
Maya: "Why are you so into Pinot? I mean, it's like a thing with
you."
Miles: "Uh, I don't know, I don't know. Um, it's a hard
grape to grow, as you know. Right? It's uh, it's thin-skinned,
temperamental, ripens early. It's, you know, it's not a survivor
like Cabernet, which can just grow anywhere and uh, thrive even
when it's neglected. No, Pinot needs constant care and attention.
You know? And in fact it can only grow in these really specific,
little, tucked away corners of the world. And, and only the most
patient and nurturing of growers can do it, really. Only somebody
who really takes the time to understand Pinot's potential can then
coax it into its fullest expression. Then, I mean, oh its flavors,
they're just the most haunting and brilliant and thrilling and
subtle and... ancient on the planet." — from the movie Sideways,
written and directed by Alexander Payne
"If you
see in your wine the reflection of a person not in your range
of vision, don't drink it."
— Chinese Proverb
"Drink
wine, and you will sleep well. Sleep, and you will not sin. Avoid
sin, and you will be saved. Ergo, drink wine and be saved."
— Medieval German saying
"Of course
I don't always enjoy being a mother. At those times my husband
and I hole up somewhere in the wine country, eat, drink, make
mad love and pretend we were born sterile and raise poodles." — Dorothy
DeBolt
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