Peay Vineyards West Sonoma Coast Estate Pinot Noir Scallop Shelf 2022

Name: Peay Vineyards West Sonoma Coast Estate Pinot Noir Scallop Shelf 2022
Brand: Skurnik Wines West [SWW]
SKU: SF-4-SWW--022425-12
Price: 89.99 USD
Availability: InStock

$89⁹⁹

The lightest and brightest of the estate cuvees, Scallop Shelf is their most elegant expression. It may be light on the body but certainly not in concentration. Nuanced and multifaceted aromas of raspberries and jasmine are complemented by freshly turned earth and fallen leaves. Focused acidity with red forest berries, pine needle and forest floor come through the lifted and mineral inflected finish.

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Antonio Galloni

94 points

"The 2022 Pinot Noir Estate Scallop Shelf is a gorgeous, wonderfully translucent wine. Bright aromatics, lively acids and vibrant saline notes give the Scallop Shelf its distinctive personality. Crushed red cherry fruit, mint, orange peel, white pepper and chalk all race across the palate. This energetic Pinot is impeccably done. It’s a first-class wine from Peay." —Antonio Galloni

Robert Parker

92 points

"The 2022 Estate Pinot Noir Scallop Shelf opens slowly on the nose to reveal blood orange, cranberry, brewed black tea, mushrooms, woodsmoke and charcuterie. The medium-bodied palate is pleasantly chalky and bright with concentrated, savory fruit and a long, spicy finish." —Erin Brooks

Decanter

97 points

"Scallop Shelf is an estate cuvée assembled by winemaker Vanessa Wong. The driver for the wine is the Pommard clone selection (typically 60%). The 2022 vintage is lushly fruited blue and red fruits and clove spice. 2022 was an excellent vintage pushed by a severe heat spike in September around Labor Day. The Scallop Shelf was picked at the front end of the heat spike and Andy Peay feels there is a fullness of fruit expression. This wine shows a touch more heft, but the acids didn’t drop, allowing the wine to retain an elegant florality. Smoky spice aromas lift red and blue fruits. The palate’s fleshy cherry fruits don’t mute the wine’s elegance or linearity as blood orange zest and Chinese five spice lift the fruit into ethereal heights of savory spice."

More about Peay Vineyards

The wind-whipped Sonoma Coast is not a particularly hospitable location for growing wine grapes. Temperatures can fluctuate wildly, there is the ever-present threat of mold, due to the humidity, and the sandy soils do not encourage vines to flourish. Yet since 2002, the team behind Peay Vineyards—Nick and Andy Peay, along with winemaker Vanessa Wong—have endeavored to create wines of purity and finesse in this very environment.

But as all three will tell you the AVA Sonoma Coast is huge, and applies to vast areas of Sonoma County that do not share the extremes that are found right near the coast where the cold, deep Pacific ocean and resulting inversion layer contribute to a truly unique micro-climate. In response The Peay's and their nearby neighbors are pushing for a new AVA called "West Sonoma Coast".

It is in this newly proposed AVA that some of the most interesting and terroir specific wines are being made. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay dominate, as they both benefit from the long growing season and temperature fluctuations. But the Peays have also found Syrah to be very well suited to their locale as well . . . which is good since Vanessa, Nick and Andy all enjoy the traditional Northern Rhone wines as much as Burgundy.

The wines at Peay Vineyards are benchmark examples of the excellence that can come from California. They are elegant, unique and intense, thanks in part to the ancient marine soils on which they are grown. The Peays spend as much time as possible working amongst the vines. Because they own (and for Nick and Vanessa live on) the entire property they have become intimately familiar with each vineyard's distinct characteristics and are able to make wines that showcase their special terroir.