In 2013, brothers Carlo and Dante Mondavi were looking for fruit sources for RAEN, their nascent Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir project. They knew they wanted extreme coastal sites, where a unique combination of sunlight, fog influence, nearly continuous breeze and low-vigor soils could produce what they considered grand cru–quality grapes. The search wasn’t easy. More than a decade later, their Pinot Noir and Chardonnay lineup is among the Golden State's best, and Wine Spectator got a sneak peek at RAEN's newest 2024 single-vineyard Pinot Noir bottling.
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