2017 Schrader Boar's View Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast 750 ml

For years, we heard rumors about Boar’s View, Fred Schrader’s Pinot project, grown right above the legendary cult Pinot Marcassin. Many of our favorites come from near this prime location in the “True” Sonoma Coast: the fog-draped, towering redwoods and steep hills near Cazadero, where wines like Hirsch, Flowers, and Martinelli’s Blue Slide Ridge are grown. 

Winemaker Thomas Rivers Brown has made FORTY 100-point wines for Fred Schrader, so we couldn’t wait to see what he could do with this 10-acre wind-whipped site. Eventually, a friend shared the 2017 Boar’s View Pinot Noir with us—and it lived up to the massive amount of hype. This Pinot is simply spectacular: rich, juicy, and muscular, with intense aromas, silky tannins, and a long-lasting finish. We wanted to offer it to Wine Access members right away, but for years, the Boar’s View mailing-list has had dibs.

In 2007, Schrader cellars was riding high for their Napa Cabernets, but a new obsession had taken hold. Pinot-fanatic and Schrader winemaker Thomas Rivers Brown was making waves with his Rivers-Marie wines, and Fred Schrader—another Pinotphile—wasn’t going to be outdone. Together, Schrader, Brown, and farming legend Ulises Valdez identified a 10-acre site adjacent to Helen Turley’s Marcassin Vineyard and planted it to low-yielding Calera, Swan, and Mt. Eden clones. It was a spot-on decision in every way—the same attention to farming and terroir details that made Schrader a cult in Napa paid off.

This is a “next-level” Sonoma Coast Pinot experience, matching anything we’ve tasted from Marcassin, Williams-Selyem, or Kosta Browne. Enjoy it.