Joseph Phelps Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir Freestone Vineyards 2023 SF Chronicle with native varieties and minimal

with native varieties and minimal intervention in the cellar

and livestock alongside the wines

and a long stony finish

For this vintage

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Joseph Phelps Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir Freestone Vineyards 2023 SF Chronicle with native varieties and minimalIn the late 1990s, when few dared plant Pinot Noir this close to the ocean, Joseph Phelps went to Freestone and helped launch the true Sonoma Coast movement. The estate vineyards sit on Goldridge soil deep, well drained ancient seabed within a few miles of the Pacific, where persistent fog and wind stretch the growing season out and hold on to acidity. 2023 stretched it further than most: record winter rain pushed budbreak back by roughly a month and