2019 Coup de Foudre Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast

Talk about wearing your heart on your sleeve: Coup de Foudre is a highly personal project from Napa vintner John Schwartz (creator of Amuse Bouche, among other acclaimed brands), who shares a love poem he wrote to his wife on every label. Loosely translated as “thunderbolt” and meant to describe the feeling of love at first sight, Coup de Foudre is a fitting moniker for a lineup of stylish, striking wines from top vineyard sources across Napa and Sonoma. Blessed with relationships cultivated over a 30+-year career, Schwartz and winemaker Kent Jarman produce tiny quantities of lovingly crafted, unforgettable wines.

Only eight barrels of this fresh, fragrant, irresistible Pinot were produced, from grapes grown on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean along the famed Sonoma Coast. Perched at 2,000 feet of elevation on Kings Ridge Road, this cool site ensures a Pinot Noir of great energy and aromatic lift, with notes of wild strawberry, black cherry, rose petals, warm spices, and underbrush drawing you in like a moth to a flame.