MacLaren’s Pinot Noir is sourced from three vineyards in the Russian River Valley. Predominantly Clone 667, blended with small amounts of Calera and Pommard, the wine was fermented with native yeast and aged for 12 months in 100% neutral French oak. It’s a textural wine, shifting from velvety to slightly granular, with notes of cherry cola, fine cedarwood, and redwood forest floor—loamy earth and red bark giving it a brighter kind of earthy complexity that will be instantly familiar to anyone who’s hiked through Marin County or Muir Woods. Founded in 2007, MacLaren, a family-owned boutique winery, produces less than 1,500 cases per year. Winemaker Steve Law, inspired by his time in France, sources fruit from Russian River Valley and Bennett Valley vineyards.