CELEBRATING 30 VINTAGES
With a family name rooted in winemaking since the 1400s, wine was in Dave’s veins. He started collecting bottles in the late ‘80s. In 1988, he was on a wine-buying trip in Napa Valley with his wife Yolanda when they stumbled upon a beautiful 1912 Frank Lloyd Wright craftsman house located in the desirable Rutherford appellation. Dave had a palate for fine wines and a love for real estate, and he knew the Rutherford property had the potential to produce some remarkable grapes. He and Yolanda purchased the 17-acre property on the spot after falling in love with the view. Shortly after, our family moved from Kona, Hawaii, and in 1990, continued the 800-year old Del Dotto legacy by planting new rootstock of cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc, merlot and sangiovese.
In 1999, we opened our first tasting room Historic Del Dotto Winery & Cave, fearturing a hand-dug cave dating back to 1885. By 2005, we had 90 acres of vineyards to the Del Dotto name and Dave brought Robbie Meyer on board as a consulting winemaker to oversee production of pinot noir and chardonnay from the Cinghiale Vineyard in Sonoma. Having just purchased the vineyard and discovering it had received a 97-point rating from Wine Spectator for the prior vintage, Dave sought a winemaker who could bring out the best the vineyard had to offer. Robbie was considered to be one of the great new winemakers in America from his time at Lewis Cellars and Peter Michael, and proved to be an excellent fit.
2018 Del Dotto Pinot Noir Cinghiale For Ross Seaview
Winemsker Notes
The Estate offering has an amazingly complex display of black cherry, fresh earth, forest floor, black tea, and even light hints of vanilla bean.
