Emeritus Vineyards Pinot Noir Mystery Magnums

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A true mystery! $150 - $165 MSRP
Vintage 2019 - 2021
Available for AL; AZ; AR; CA; CO; CT; DC; FL; GA; ID; IL; IN; IA; KS; KY; LA; ME; MD; MA; MI; MN; MO; MT; NE; NV; NH; NJ; NM; NY; NC; ND; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; SD; TN; TX; VT; VA; WA; WV; WI; WY
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About Emeritus Vineyards: “Emeritus Vineyards is guided by the philosophy that great wines are shaped by soil, climate, and people At Emeritus Vineyards, we embrace the simple, timeless philosophy that great wines are shaped by three fundamental factors: soil, climate, and people.”

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TASTING NOTES:
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VARIETALS: Pinot Noir

BARRELS: Not specified.

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THAT REMINDS ME OF: Hallberg Ranch, one of the two estate vineyards behind this offer.

The word ranch does a lot of heavy lifting in American culture. It’s a salad dressing, a house style, a way of life, and — most importantly — it’s the setting for roughly 40% of all television ever made. The ranch as dramatic backdrop is so deeply embedded in the American imagination that we barely even register it anymore. Dallas. Bonanza. Yellowstone. The Ranch (which is literally just called The Ranch, because why bury the lede). Something about a defined piece of land with a name, some fences, and people who care deeply about what happens inside those fences just works as a storytelling engine. Stakes are literal and figurative. The land is a character. Everyone has strong opinions about the gate.

What’s interesting is how the ranch story almost always hinges on inheritance — who gets it, who deserves it, who’s going to run it into the ground, who’s going to save it. The drama of continuity. Which, now that I think about it, is exactly what a magnum is doing in a wine cellar: holding something in trust for whoever opens it next. Brice built it, Mari carries it forward, and you’re just the latest person in the chain with strong opinions about the gate.

Who's buying this?

How are you buying your bottles?

If your life were a ranch drama, what's your role in the story?

I built the place. Everything standing here exists because of my decisions.

I built the place. Everything standing here exists because of my decisions.
I inherited it and I take that responsibility more seriously than anything.

I inherited it and I take that responsibility more seriously than anything.
I showed up later but I love this land like I was born on it.

I showed up later but I love this land like I was born on it.
I'm the one asking hard questions about where all this is actually headed.

I'm the one asking hard questions about where all this is actually headed.
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