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2024 Anonymous Wine Collective Russian River Valley Pinot Noir

2024 Anonymous Wine Collective Russian River Valley Pinot Noir

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Ryan Woodhouse

Ryan Woodhouse

K&L Buyer
Review Date: July 2025
The 2024 Anonymous Russian River Valley Pinot Noir was actually a very happy coincidence that came about because of the Chardonnay. While visiting the winery looking at potential blends for the Anonymous Chardonnay, a conversation came up about a parcel of Pinot Noir that was also available. A few barrel samples later I was all-in on the Pinot Noir in addition to the Chardonnay that was the original impetus for the collaboration. This Pinot is simply stunning. Again, even as a brand new, recently bottled wine, it is absolutely explosive aromatically. Redolent with ripe forest berries, dried floral notes, baking spice, maraschino cherry, and warm earth notes. Plush in texture with silky fine tannins. Great lift and freshness with lots of length on the palate, a hallmark of these old heritage clones of Pinot Noir. This is a benchmark expression of the famed Westside Road sub-region of Russian River. The power of our Anonymous label to deliver unbeatable value is on full display here. The exact same fruit that's in this bottle is currently selling under a different label for $120 a bottle. Other blends of this vineyard site and neighboring blocks are consistently over $90. 

Staff Reviews

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Aaron Hughes

Aaron Hughes

Review Date: 07/2025
Another member of our second round of Anonymous Wine Collective, and wow what another stunner we have here. The nose on this wine is so incredibly gorgeous, there's lots of lovely rose petals, dusty pie cherry, and cranberry. The palate is light and lithe, but with a really pretty depth of fruit. This is super pretty and classic, lots of lush and sweet cherry on this and nothing very crunchy but really nice and pleasant. This has depth and structure and it's still incredibly young, with time this is going to deepen even further. The first set of wines we had, were fully ready to go and bottle when we acquired them, but with this batch our Domestic Guv'nor, Ryan Woodhouse, really outdid himself by having a hand in the putting together of the final product and then having that bottled - these are all extraordinary wines that outperform their price point by crazy amounts.
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Mariah Mier

Mariah Mier

Review Date: 07/2025
2024 has been shaping up to be a superb vintage for Russian River and this pinot noir is no exception. The lush profile of the fruit is balanced by a savory, spicy backdrop of incredible depth. This lovely wine will continue to gain complexity in the cellar, if you can wait that long!

Notes

The Anonymous Wine Collective is a dynamic range of wines made in collaboration between K&L and some of the most famous and critically acclaimed wineries in the biz. Some releases will be purely opportunistic, one-off wines, never to be repeated. Others will be ongoing collaborations where we work in tandem with world-class winemakers to make wines each year. The 2024 Anonymous Russian River Pinot Noir was crafted by the same winemaker as the Anonymous Russian River Chardonnay. This wine comes from one single block, of one single vineyard on the hillside above the famed Westside Road. Until this vintage this exact same block of fruit was contracted to go into a famous cuvée that sells for $120+ a bottle. When this parcel became available we jumped at the chance and immediately fell in love with this highly aromatic, sensual Pinot Noir. The block is planted to heritage selections of Pinot Noir - Swan, Mount Eden and Pommard. The fruit was fermented with native yeast incorporating 30% whole-clusters. The wine aged for 10 months in 30% new French oak barrels.

Details

OriginAlexander Valley/Russian River, California, United States
Type/VarietalPinot Noir
Alcohol Content13.5%
SKU1872892