99-Point Pinot Noir from the Kistler Family!
Sonoma winemaking legend Steve Kistler has entranced critics, sommeliers, and serious wine drinkers for decades, crafting impossible-to-find Sonoma Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays under his eponymous Kistler label. Today, we feature Steve's 99-point Occidental "Bodega Ridge Vineyard" Pinot Noir at a crazy, lowest-in-country price!
In 2011, Steve started Occidental, named after the coastal California town just inland from Sonoma’s Bodega Bay. Here, with his daughter Catherine, Steve is bottling tiny quantities of single-vineyard wines that are, unsurprisingly, extremely difficult to find.
They are also garnering huge accolades from the wine cognoscenti, including massive scores from Wine Advocate, and that 99-point review from The Wine Independent. With the Kistler magic and mystique behind Occidental, we are not surprised!
Miraculously, we’re offering this limited bottling today for $35 LESS than the current lowest price in the country. Scroll down, quickly read the glowing praise, then click that Big Green Button before they disappear!
2022 Occidental "Bodega Ridge Vineyard" Pinot Noir
Sonoma Coast, California
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"Medium ruby-purple in color, the 2022 Pinot Noir Bodega Ridge Vineyard rolls effortlessly out of the glass with ready to go notes of Morello cherries, juicy blackberries, and raspberry pie, opening out to reveal a strait-laced undercurrent of black truffles, allspice, charcoal, and iron ore. The light to medium-bodied palate delivers tightly knit black and red berry layers with a firm, fine-grained texture and impressive tension, finishing long and earthy. Irresistible now, this should be very long-lived! Drinking: 2026-2050."
- 99 Points, The Wine Independent (1/15/2025)
"The 2022 Pinot Noir Bodega Ridge Vineyard is a powerful, deep wine. A blast of dark red/purplish fruit, wildflowers, gravel, orange peel, mint, sage and tobacco all open with some reluctance. This is the most virile, somber of the wines in this range. The taut, vibrant finish is salivating, but there is plenty of breadth on the back end waiting to emerge. Drinking Window: 2026 - 2034."
- 97 Points, Vinous - Antonio Galloni (1/2025)
"The 2022 Pinot Noir Bodega Ridge Vineyard has layered aromas of cranberry sauce, Earl Grey tea leaves, bitters and foresty undertones, and it becomes more floral as it airs in the glass. The palate derives power from its sheer concentration of pure, expressive, spicy fruit. It’s structured by powdery tannins, and its tremendously juicy, mouthwatering acidity lures you back again and again for another sip. Drink Date: 2028 - 2043."
- 97 Points, Wine Advocate (1/16/2025)
We found five listings online between $175 and $224. We smash them all and are 20% less than the next lowest price out there. We suspect our very limited supply will go in a flash, so act fast!
Vin Chicago Price: 139.99
