2000 Pinot Noir Bondi Home Ranch Water Trough Vineyard
Market price
Buying options
Tasting notes
The 2000 Pinot Noir Bondi Home Ranch Water Trough Vineyard possesses the aromatics of a DRC wine (if you don't believe me, just put your nose in the glass). Its sumptuous bouquet offers aromas of smoked meats, prunes, jammy cherries, Peking duck, and other red and black fruits. The complex aromatics are followed by a wine with great fruit, wonderful concentration, and a sweet, expansive texture that floats across the palate. It possesses the lowest alcohol of any of these Pinots, coming in at 13.6%. Drink it over the next 6-7 years, if you can hold it that long. Tel. (707) 525-0570; Fax (707) 525-9463
Critic scores
Average Score
Robert Parker
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
More reviews and scores
(the second crop from young vines) Good full red-ruby. Cool, nuanced nose combines raspberry, strawberry, minerals, gun metal and smoked meat, plus a whiff of dill. Quite dry and cool in the mouth, with modest sweetness and depth. Acids are firm and tannins are slightly dry but fine. Not as persistent as the last few samples, but very good considering the extreme youth of the vines.
About the producer
Martinelli is a Sonoma benchmark for vineyard-designate bottlings—wines built to highlight how strongly a single site can shape Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Syrah, and Zinfandel. Across the range, the focus stays consistent: small-production bottlings that feel distinctly tied to where they’re grown.