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Maritana Vineyards 2017 Progress Updates

Maritana Vineyards 2017 Progress Updates

MARITANA VINEYARDS Chardonnay and Pinot Noir Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California, USA As of the end of May we will be preparing the wines for their final clarification and bottling which is scheduled for the end of July 2018 on

Donald Patz December 10, 2018June 6, 2019 Progress Updates Read more

Progress Update 2017 Russian River Valley “La Rivière”

Progress Update 2017 Russian River Valley “La Rivière”

This is the name (meaning the River) for our blend of vineyards In 2017. It is about 55% (Dutton Ranch) Shop Block 1967; 42% Big River Vineyard; 3% (Dutton Ranch) Hansen Hill Vineyard Chardonnay and includes – Old Wente Clone

Donald Patz December 5, 2018June 6, 2019 Progress Updates Read more

Progress Update 2017 Dutton Ranch Shop Block 1967

Progress Update 2017 Dutton Ranch Shop Block 1967

Our mini-experiment at native yeast fermentation using six barrels of Shop Block 1967 vineyard juice was a resounding success. Those six native yeast barrels formed the core of this single vineyard designate wine along with four new French Oak barrels

Donald Patz December 4, 2018January 10, 2019 Progress Updates Read more
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Under the Donald Patz Wine Group, Maritana is one of three projects he is involved with producing Russian River Valley Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.  I finally had the chance to try a Maritana Pinot Noir, this 2018 Maritana, Martaella Vineyard, Russian River Valley Pinot was amazing!  Beautiful Pinot nose, red berries, spice and that earthy forest floor that I love. A well balanced, concentrated, and built to last Pinot Noir. -- 
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Hansen Hill Vineyard. ❤️❤️❤️. . #Repo Hansen Hill Vineyard. ❤️❤️❤️.
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Maritana Vineyards Dutton Ranch Chardonnay  2017, Russian River Valley, California 

Light yellow in color with a golden hue. 

Light nose of citrus, vanilla, light oak, spices and yellow apples.

Full bodied, buttery and soft, with medium acidity. 

Dry on the palate with light oak and vanilla, citrus, lemons, grapefruits, herbs, earth, spices and white pepper.

Medium plus on the finish with bitter almonds and black pepper.

This is a very nice and elegant Chardonnay from Russian River Valley. Showing nice complexity with a soft mouthfeel. 

This oaky Chardonnay, is not the "in your face" kind of wine, and even better with food. 

This Single Vineyard is a good quality wine, that will age nicely in the next 5 years.

I paired it with cheeses, and it worked very nicely with the Swiss cheese and the double cream Brie cheese. 

14.5% alcohol by volume. 

90 points.

$90.

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Great New Year’s Eve dinner had with a @maritanavineyards 2018 La Rivière, Russian River Valley Chardonnay & shrimp scampi spaghetti!!!

A crisp, lemon zest, Summer’s breeze in the dead of Winter kind of wine notes of oak and layers of ripe citrus fruit throughout. On the nose hints of vanilla and honeysuckle. An absolute joy with each sip had. And a wonderful partner to lemon garlic shrimp pasta!

A very different New Years celebration than previous years but similar in reflection and intentions for the New Year. 

Here’s to learning something new and applying for the future - however that may look like for you. 

Wishing you much health this New Year. Cheers to 2021 🥂
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Happy Monday, only 10 days left of 2020 and only 4 days until Christmas. Finally did all my shopping and wrapping, decided to treat myself with a delicious wine. This @maritanavineyards Chardonnay was a great choice, paired with some tasty Mediterranean food. The wine from Russian River, showed aromas of apples, lemon and honeysuckle on the nose. Flavors of apples, vanilla, hints of oak and some minerality on the palate. This was a very well made, well balanced wine that will evolve and get more complex in the years to come. Everything you’d expect from a wine made by @drpinot! Cheers 🍷-
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Maritana Vineyards Le Russe Russian River Valley Pinot Noir 2018, California

Ruby in color with a wide reddish/ cloudy rim and medium-plus intensity. 

Strong nose of bing cherry, oak, licorice, blueberries, light earth, chocolates, tobacco and black pepper. 

Medium plus in body with medium acidity. 

Dry on the palate with cherries, strawberries, red currants, oak, smoke, licorice, spices, light vanilla, tobacco, earth, milk chocolate and black pepper. 

Nice finish with spices and tangy cherries. 

This is a good quality Pinot Noir from Russian River Valley. Very enjoyable on its own. 

Showing nice complexity with a soft mouthfeel. Exactly what you expect from a good Russian River Valley Pinot Noir.

Well balanced with nice complexity and mouthfeel.

Good right out of the bottle and good by itself or with food.

Easy drinking with high alcohol, so watch out. Soft and elegant yet rich and engaging. 

Would benefit from a few more years of bottle time. 

Wine Enthusiasts 92 points. 

I preferred it with a light chill, and paired it with a charcuterie board of meats and cheeses.

14.5% alcohol by volume.

91 points. 

$55.

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Oh hi! 👋🏻 It’s me - your friendly wine drinking neighbor popping over the fence to offer a little wine wisdom: Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from @maritanavineyards is always a good idea. The legendary @drpinot has done it again. His new project showcases the best of the classic Russian River power we know and the Donald Patz finesse we love. If you’re still on the fence 😉 about what to add to your holiday dinner table I promise you’ll be glad you added these wines to it. Personally, I’m pouring this light-on-its-feet ‘18 Le Russe Pinot Noir - fresh red cherry and raspberry with a cola pop that make it really hard to put down. 🍷 So now that you know what I’m drinking, won’t you be my neighbor? 🙋🏻‍♀️ Have you picked out your holiday wines yet? 🦃
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Donald Patz,
Chairman of Pinot Noir

Link in the Bio for full feature:

Donald Patz is a winemaker who has already achieved fame and recognition over a three-decade career in the wine industry. He spent nearly thirty years with partner James Hall at Patz & Hall Winery in Sonoma, hand crafting single vineyard Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from respected growers. Maritana Vineyards and Secret Door Winery along with a joint venture with Northern Rhone producer Francois Villard named Terminim. As Donald describes it, “I wasn’t considering making a Patz & Hall 2.0. but instead wanted to wipe the slate clean and rethink things.” 
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That moment when you have the perfect food/wine ma That moment when you have the perfect food/wine match! Dungeness crab and Russian River Chardonnay ❤️
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Maritana Vineyards Russian River Valley La Riviere Chardonnay 2018, California

Pale straw in color with a golden hue. 

Strong nose of citrus, vanilla, spices, oak, yellow apples, pears and white pepper.

Full bodied, buttery and smooth, with medium plus acidity. 

Dry on the palate with citrus, melons, apples, light grapefruits, spices, hazelnuts, oak, vanilla and peppercorn.

Nice length on the finish with spices and almonds.

This is a very tasty Chardonnay from Russian River Valley. 

Spicy and intriguing. Interesting with a buttery, smooth mouthfeel. Nicely balanced and Oaky. 

Right out of the bottle, it is in your face kind of wine, but as it opens up, it calms down a bit with less oak and vanilla notes, so give it 20 minutes.

Will be nice to see how this evolves in 5 to 7 years.

Good by itself or with food. I paired it with a cheese plate.

14.5% alcohol by volume.

90 points.

$55.

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The term *burgundian style* is thrown around WAY too much in regards to California Pinot. 99.999% of it is nowhere NEAR that style, and yet, the marketing people have spoken and THOSE WORDS are how you sell Pinot Noir. And it is such a farce and a joke. CA pinots are chub-rubs and reach-arounds nowhere NEAR approaching Burgundy. But once in a while, one transcends. Maritana makes several pinots, but this one IMO is the cleanest, most fruit and acid-driven pinot from this producer, more purple in the glass than garnet, looking far more like young syrah than a classic muddled pinot color. But smelling it enforces all things pinot. And an old-world version of modernity. Luscious cherry drags a dirty litany of funk and produce behind it, rich berry, cinnamon, espresso and fresh-cut grass over a positive vanilla oak programme and absolute supple elegance. Full of round plum and spicy green nuance, the match-head and graphite bring Burgundian beauty to a rich California RRV base-line of richness.

Light and delicate on the palate, causing immediate thought-direction into pinot type-frames. Spicy, raspy and engaging, the clean, cool comfort of decadent Sonoma fruit butters up the distinct acid and tannic burn. Not overly concentrated, no obtuse fruit flabbiness, lean and beautiful in a package wracked with bitter gorgeousness.

ALL of the Maritana bottlings will cause thought, but this one for me seems to pull all the things I like into one package. So brilliantly young. Is this the lowest AL of them all? Dying to try this in 10 years. Pinot Noir is so personal with each wine-lover. If you like them big and flabby, this one is NOT for you. If you like them lean and bitter while still showing JAM-PACKED fruit, this one might just be for you. The finish is absolute heaven, where all the amazing fruit in this transparent package goes tête-à-tête with the rough barnyard and shocking structure and the pores of your tongue will never be the same.

Gorgeous RRV pinots can run together. Trust me, I have tasted literally hundreds of them in a row together. But this one, man. This one stands out.

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Special Shout Out and Special Thanks to @drpinot @maritanavineyards for sending me this Fabulous Pinot Noir.
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Maritana Le Russe Pinot Noir 2018 (Russian River Valley)
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Maritana is a woman’s name - many women actually Maritana is a woman’s name - many women actually. We feel it is an obligation to stand against sexual predators in our business. These warrior women have called us all to action. Literally, hundreds of women in our wine business at every level have experienced this kind of ugly behavior. We condemn it without reservations. Hear this call to action and we can all have and industry of friendship and joy. It’s no choice really. The time is now for action
When God created crabs - especially Dungeness crab When God created crabs - especially Dungeness crabs - he foresaw the coming of California Chardonnay. A match made in heaven. #chardonnay #dungenesscrab #maritanavineyards
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20/20 vision for the 2020 vintage #itscomplicated  Curious about the 2020 vintage? (dumb question) Join me this Thursday for a sneak peek of the 2020 vintage Donald Patz as we taste through barrel samples of the full lineup from @maritanavineyards in Russian River Valley, #sonoma Free to Register and Attend - Link In Bio.

“I want you to ask me the tough questions.” We were only a few minutes into our discussion about the gameplay for our zoom barrel tasting this Thursday when @drpinot made it clear, this was meant to be as fun as it was informative and transparent. “We have to be honest” he said as we both expressed concern that a PR spin on this vintage could leave consumers weary of everything we said moving forward should we obfuscate the truth. And the truth, is that it IS complicated. 

There will be many stories regarding the outcome of the 2020 vintage in California. With the onslaught of fires in various counties and stages of harvest, vintners will be forced to make incredibly tough decisions when it comes to making and selling their wine. I expect that some will tell the truth, some will tell a version of the truth, and perhaps - some might even lie. I say this without judgment; knowing all too well that the complications and variables one endures during any growing season, let alone a merciless one like 2020. I fully concede that without having skin in the game and being financially on the line, I can’t possibly know the complicated nature of such things. 

But it will, as it always does, come down to the wine. I am really looking forward to tasting through all of the blocks that make up his wildly expressive and delicious #russianrivervalley Pinot Noir’s and Chardonnay’s.  Donald is a WEALTH of information with nearly 4 decades of experience in the #californiawine industry and a trusted source whenever I have questions.  After building one of the most successful California #wine labels (Patz & Hall), Donald started 3 new wine labels in 2017 - @secretdoorwine , Maritana, and @terminim_wines I’m honored to be hosting
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Exclusively Russian River Valley Chardonnay & Pinot Noir. Watch for vineyard, travel and wine friend pics!
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Under the Donald Patz Wine Group, Maritana is one of three projects he is involved with producing Russian River Valley Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.  I finally had the chance to try a Maritana Pinot Noir, this 2018 Maritana, Martaella Vineyard, Russian River Valley Pinot was amazing!  Beautiful Pinot nose, red berries, spice and that earthy forest floor that I love. A well balanced, concentrated, and built to last Pinot Noir. -- 
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Maritana Vineyards Dutton Ranch Chardonnay  2017, Russian River Valley, California 

Light yellow in color with a golden hue. 

Light nose of citrus, vanilla, light oak, spices and yellow apples.

Full bodied, buttery and soft, with medium acidity. 

Dry on the palate with light oak and vanilla, citrus, lemons, grapefruits, herbs, earth, spices and white pepper.

Medium plus on the finish with bitter almonds and black pepper.

This is a very nice and elegant Chardonnay from Russian River Valley. Showing nice complexity with a soft mouthfeel. 

This oaky Chardonnay, is not the "in your face" kind of wine, and even better with food. 

This Single Vineyard is a good quality wine, that will age nicely in the next 5 years.

I paired it with cheeses, and it worked very nicely with the Swiss cheese and the double cream Brie cheese. 

14.5% alcohol by volume. 

90 points.

$90.

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Great New Year’s Eve dinner had with a @maritanavineyards 2018 La Rivière, Russian River Valley Chardonnay & shrimp scampi spaghetti!!!

A crisp, lemon zest, Summer’s breeze in the dead of Winter kind of wine notes of oak and layers of ripe citrus fruit throughout. On the nose hints of vanilla and honeysuckle. An absolute joy with each sip had. And a wonderful partner to lemon garlic shrimp pasta!

A very different New Years celebration than previous years but similar in reflection and intentions for the New Year. 

Here’s to learning something new and applying for the future - however that may look like for you. 

Wishing you much health this New Year. Cheers to 2021 🥂
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Staycation in paradise is having nothing to do and all day to do it in. Mahalo Nui Loa @secretdoorwine @drpinot @maritanavineyards for creating such a beautifully smooth #pinotnoir #onolicious #ono #aloha #alohavibes #paradise #hawaii #melikaswinecabinet #staycation #waikiki #oahu #cheers #winelover #inked #legsleevetattoo #legsleeve #addictedtoink #namaste
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Happy Monday, only 10 days left of 2020 and only 4 days until Christmas. Finally did all my shopping and wrapping, decided to treat myself with a delicious wine. This @maritanavineyards Chardonnay was a great choice, paired with some tasty Mediterranean food. The wine from Russian River, showed aromas of apples, lemon and honeysuckle on the nose. Flavors of apples, vanilla, hints of oak and some minerality on the palate. This was a very well made, well balanced wine that will evolve and get more complex in the years to come. Everything you’d expect from a wine made by @drpinot! Cheers 🍷-
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Maritana Vineyards Le Russe Russian River Valley Pinot Noir 2018, California

Ruby in color with a wide reddish/ cloudy rim and medium-plus intensity. 

Strong nose of bing cherry, oak, licorice, blueberries, light earth, chocolates, tobacco and black pepper. 

Medium plus in body with medium acidity. 

Dry on the palate with cherries, strawberries, red currants, oak, smoke, licorice, spices, light vanilla, tobacco, earth, milk chocolate and black pepper. 

Nice finish with spices and tangy cherries. 

This is a good quality Pinot Noir from Russian River Valley. Very enjoyable on its own. 

Showing nice complexity with a soft mouthfeel. Exactly what you expect from a good Russian River Valley Pinot Noir.

Well balanced with nice complexity and mouthfeel.

Good right out of the bottle and good by itself or with food.

Easy drinking with high alcohol, so watch out. Soft and elegant yet rich and engaging. 

Would benefit from a few more years of bottle time. 

Wine Enthusiasts 92 points. 

I preferred it with a light chill, and paired it with a charcuterie board of meats and cheeses.

14.5% alcohol by volume.

91 points. 

$55.

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Oh hi! 👋🏻 It’s me - your friendly wine drinking neighbor popping over the fence to offer a little wine wisdom: Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from @maritanavineyards is always a good idea. The legendary @drpinot has done it again. His new project showcases the best of the classic Russian River power we know and the Donald Patz finesse we love. If you’re still on the fence 😉 about what to add to your holiday dinner table I promise you’ll be glad you added these wines to it. Personally, I’m pouring this light-on-its-feet ‘18 Le Russe Pinot Noir - fresh red cherry and raspberry with a cola pop that make it really hard to put down. 🍷 So now that you know what I’m drinking, won’t you be my neighbor? 🙋🏻‍♀️ Have you picked out your holiday wines yet? 🦃
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Donald Patz,
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Donald Patz is a winemaker who has already achieved fame and recognition over a three-decade career in the wine industry. He spent nearly thirty years with partner James Hall at Patz & Hall Winery in Sonoma, hand crafting single vineyard Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from respected growers. Maritana Vineyards and Secret Door Winery along with a joint venture with Northern Rhone producer Francois Villard named Terminim. As Donald describes it, “I wasn’t considering making a Patz & Hall 2.0. but instead wanted to wipe the slate clean and rethink things.” 
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Maritana Vineyards Russian River Valley La Riviere Chardonnay 2018, California

Pale straw in color with a golden hue. 

Strong nose of citrus, vanilla, spices, oak, yellow apples, pears and white pepper.

Full bodied, buttery and smooth, with medium plus acidity. 

Dry on the palate with citrus, melons, apples, light grapefruits, spices, hazelnuts, oak, vanilla and peppercorn.

Nice length on the finish with spices and almonds.

This is a very tasty Chardonnay from Russian River Valley. 

Spicy and intriguing. Interesting with a buttery, smooth mouthfeel. Nicely balanced and Oaky. 

Right out of the bottle, it is in your face kind of wine, but as it opens up, it calms down a bit with less oak and vanilla notes, so give it 20 minutes.

Will be nice to see how this evolves in 5 to 7 years.

Good by itself or with food. I paired it with a cheese plate.

14.5% alcohol by volume.

90 points.

$55.

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2017 Russian River Valley LA RIVIÈRE Chardonnay - Very subtle & complete Chardonnay with cooked lemons & apples & a complement of straw & gunpowder. Full-bodied, deep & layered with an ever attractive finish of fruit & minerals. Why wait? Drink now. SCORE: 95

James Suckling Wine Spectator

2017 Dutton Ranch HANSEN HILL Chardonnay - This powerfully concentrated white is engaging in floral and mineral tones, with a robust cradling of oak. There’s tension on the palate, which is layered in flavors of tropical guava, mango and pineapple that are dusted with baking spice. SCORE: 94

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