2014 Arley’s Leap Pinot noir 
Sunday August 5: Dock Wine Dinner at Suttle Lodge with our longtime culinary collaborator, Nostrana’s chef Cathy Whims. Nostrana’s Sous Chef Rob Roy will prepare a four course menu paired with John Paul’s personal selection of his storied wines (likely including a new release). Dinner will begin with antipasti, progress to salad, a fish course, main dish, and dessert.
Pinot noir is well known for consisting of a multitude of clones, which over the generations have been selected for desirable characteristics. In the 1950’s, agricultural science decided to “sanitize” the genome of many of these clones. The result was vigorous vines with large crops and wines with less character. The controversy over the use of indexed vines continues.