Ghostwriter Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir Amaya Ridge Vineyard 2022 22BDX and truly lovely Rioja is

and truly lovely Rioja is exceptional with roasted lamb

Extended maceration on a small portion of Pinot Noir before secondary fermentation achieves that subtle salmon hue and layered complexity

and a distinctive Maremma earthiness

focused South African red that shows what its signature grape can do when someone actually restrains it

is only the second grower ever to bottle from this parcel

Ghostwriter Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir Amaya Ridge Vineyard 2022 22BDX and truly lovely Rioja isA single vineyard bottling from a producer who almost never makes them: Ghostwriter's Santa Cruz Mountains parcels are usually too small to justify separating one out, so Amaya Ridge is the exception. The site sits high above Soquel at roughly 1,500 feet, cold and wind exposed, and the vines live on rainfall alone; the fruit comes from two older, lower blocks planted to heritage selections including Calera. About 40% whole clusters go into the