WINEMAKING
At Dutton-Goldfield, our mission is to produce distinctive
wines that display the brightness of fruit, complexity, structure
and balance that are reflective of our cool coastal home. We
focus primarily on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, with a bit of
Syrah, Zinfandel, and other fun wines when opportunities come
our way.
Pinot Noir is all about eliciting the flavors of the piece
of earth from which it comes. We have the privilege of sourcing
fruit from a spectacular array of vineyards throughout western
Russian River Valley and beyond, many of which Steve and Dan
worked together to plant. From our favorite Dutton Ranch parcels,
we select the vineyards that will blend together to become a
quintessential Russian River pinot. We then choose a few special
sites that epitomize their terroir to bottle in limited-production
single-vineyard wines. In all our pinots, our goal is to create
wines of balance and individuality that speak about their home.
The distinctive character of the land truly comes through in
wines from the old, cold, dry-farmed chardonnay vineyards of
Green Valley. Warren Dutton was the first to plant chardonnay
in the coldest areas of western Russian River in the mid '60s,
giving Dutton Ranch a choice collection of vineyards today.
From these, we select sites that give us wines with a vibrant
citrus core, focused fruit, great richness and solid acidity,
even after full barrel and malolactic fermentation. |
