We're getting in on the ground floor of what I believe is a very special project. The 2024 vintage marks the inaugural release from rising-star winemaker Jake Pickett. While FieldPoint may be new, Jake certainly isn't. He honed his craft at Paul Hobbs Winery, eventually rising to Director of Winemaking in 2022, and he continues to serve as General Manager of Paradigm Winery in Oakville.
Sometimes our best wine discoveries happen when we're not looking for them.
During the height of COVID, a cold call led to our "discovery" of the Pont Neuf lineup—still some of the finest California Chardonnay and Pinot Noir I've tasted. Recently, I was approached about bringing in a new Pinot Noir project. Now, if you've visited our Forsyth location, you know full well we don't exactly need another Pinot Noir. But when a wine is truly exceptional, you make room for it. That was exactly the case when I tasted the 2024 FieldPoint Pinot Noir from the Sonoma Coast.
We're getting in on the ground floor of what I believe is a very special project. The 2024 vintage marks the inaugural release from rising-star winemaker Jake Pickett. While FieldPoint may be new, Jake certainly isn't. He honed his craft at Paul Hobbs Winery, eventually rising to Director of Winemaking in 2022, and he continues to serve as General Manager of Paradigm Winery in Oakville.
If you're sensing a pattern, you're right. Jake works with two of my favorite wineries, so it came as no surprise that his own label would be equally impressive. What I admire most is his thoughtful approach to blending vineyard sites to create what he envisions as the quintessential Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir.
The debut 2024 vintage draws fruit from three exceptional Sonoma Coast vineyards—Campbell Ranch and two highly pedigreed sites whose fruit rarely leaves the estate, let alone appears without the vineyard name prominently attached. Jake didn't blend these sites to smooth out their differences; he blended them to showcase and amplify them. Each vineyard retains its own identity, yet together they create something greater than the sum of its parts: vibrant, layered, structured, and unmistakably coastal.
This is exactly the kind of project wine lovers dream of discovering early. The quality is undeniable, the pedigree is exceptional, and the future looks incredibly bright.
Best of all, you'll have the opportunity to taste the 2024 FieldPoint Pinot Noir this weekend at our Forsyth location as part of our current Tastemakers Promotion. If you're a Pinot Noir fan, this is one you won't want to miss—especially before the rest of the wine world catches o