Te Mama · Fort Ross-Seaview · 2021
2021 Te Mama Pinot Noir, Fort Ross-Seaview
A place on the list
Matt Sands — Waiheke, Screaming Eagle, Bryant Estate — on clone 777, two miles from the Pacific, 100% whole cluster, 13% alcohol. Restaurant $40 a bottle, $30 at three cases.
Winery SRP $40 per bottle
One-case minimum unless a bulk break is shown at checkout. Partner price is the JS Selections offer, not a required resale price.
Why this bottle belongs on the list
Two selling points.
Then the market.
A winemaking line that already includes Eagle and Bryant.
Matt Sands built Te Mama from work that already includes Waiheke Island, Screaming Eagle, and Bryant Estate. The 2021 Fort Ross-Seaview Pinot is clone 777, picked September 8, 100% whole cluster.
Whole cluster is the seasoning, not a slogan.
Wild-yeast fermentation in neutral puncheons, 12 months in neutral French barrels, 13% alcohol, pH 3.4. The 2021 coast season was a long, warm summer with few extreme heat events and foggy mornings — hang time without cooked fruit.
The buyer's perspective
What the guest
hears first.
Staff line: Matt Sands, Fort Ross-Seaview, 100% whole cluster, 13%. Pour it with salmon. $40 the bottle, $30 at three cases.
Winemaker's corner
Coastal Pinot and Bien Nacido Syrah
Matt
Sands
Matt Sands's line already includes Waiheke Island in New Zealand, Screaming Eagle, and Bryant Estate. Te Mama is his own coastal book: Fort Ross-Seaview Pinot and Bien Nacido Syrah, same hand, two registers.
The 2021 Pinot is method-first. The sheet does not publish a score. It publishes clone 777, whole cluster, wild yeast, neutral wood, 13%.
This listing is the restaurant path: $40 a bottle, $30 at three cases. The stems are the seasoning.
Fort Ross-Seaview
Two miles from the Pacific.
Foggy mornings.
Clone 777.
Fort Ross-Seaview sits on the true Sonoma Coast, two miles from the Pacific. Foggy mornings, hang time without cooked fruit, a long 2021 summer with few extreme heat events.
100% whole cluster, wild yeast in neutral puncheons, 12 months in neutral French barrels. 13% alcohol, pH 3.4. Picked September 8.
This is a restaurant Pinot with a three-case path, not a ten-year cellar argument. Salmon is the plate.
2021 in the glass
Stem spice.
Coast fruit.
Low alcohol.
Whole-cluster stem spice on clone 777, wild yeast, neutral oak. 13% alcohol so the wine stays in the glass. Foggy-morning coast Pinot: red fruit, herbs, a savory line, no makeup. The sheet publishes a method, not a monument.
Menu and service
Built for a serious table.
- Pan-roasted salmon
- Mushroom dishes
- Herb-roasted bird
Serve in a proper stem. Taste on opening and give the wine air if the structure asks for it.
Staff pairing clip
How One of NYC’s Best Chefs Cooks Perfect Salmon in 10 Minutes
The tableside introduction
“Te Mama Fort Ross-Seaview Pinot, Matt Sands, 100% whole cluster, 13%. $40 the bottle, $30 at three cases. Pour it with salmon.”
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Full trade sheet
Clone, pick date, whole cluster, oak, alcohol, and pH.
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Whole cluster.
13%.
Three-case path.
$40 a bottle, $30 at three cases. 100% whole cluster. 13%.
One-case minimum unless a bulk break is shown at checkout. Partner price is the JS Selections offer, not a required resale price.
