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I met Adam Lee of Siduri Winery at the 1st US Annual Wine Bloggers Conference held in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California. I tasted a few of his single vineyard pinot noirs sourced from appellations ranging from St. Lucia Highlands, Russian River Valley all the way to Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Adam and his wife Dianna, both Texas transplants, moved to Sonoma in 1993 intending to write about wine (also working in wine tasting rooms to make ends meet) but ended up getting the winemaking bug (and using their whole life savings of $24,000) by releasing their 1994 Pinot Noir under the Siduri label (named after the Mesopotamian Goddess of wine). As a winemaker without his own vineyards, Adam has pursued a quest to source grapes from vineyards buying by the acre instead by the ton (i.e lower yields but improved quality). This gives him the freedom to manage the various aspects of grape growing (grape thinning, trellising etc.) as though he owned the land himself. The effort shows well. I was very impressed with the multi layered, spicy and earthy 2006 Keefer Ranch Vineyard Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley) (239 cases, $52)(POW 93). The 2007 Sonoma County Blend Pinot Noir is a nice effort with well defined and relatively complex bright red fruit characteristics, and a medium finish. (1,374 cases, $20)(POW 89). For more information you can log on to www.siduri.com
Walid Romaya
Prince of Wine
www.princeofwine.com
