Baxter Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Langley Vineyard 2019 2025 L'Assemblage Part 1 matured them first in American

matured them first in American oak

and a saline pull from the limestone scree

classically Pessac in profile — fine tannins

The 2023 is aged in a thoughtful percentage of French oak

Made from a mosaic of own-rooted clones with a generous portion of whole clusters

Baxter Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Langley Vineyard 2019 2025 L'Assemblage Part 1 matured them first in AmericanFour acres in the heart of the Anderson Valley, north of Boonville, planted to a Champagne clone that Roederer originally brought over for sparkling wine and Phil Baxter makes only about five barrels of it. Seven years on, the 2019 shows the darker, forest floor side of Anderson Valley Pinot: wild blackberry, sweet earth, dried herbs, and a finely woven structure off the site's rugged, gravelly soils. The method is the same across Baxter's range: hand