Shibumi Knoll · Sonoma Coast · 2023
2023 Shibumi Knoll Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast
A place on the list
110 cases of Sonoma Coast Pinot from Thomas Rivers Brown. Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW 96: blackberry, sage, moss, velvet. Pair with wild mushrooms. NET $53.60 in sixes.
Winery SRP $54 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.
Coast fruit. Estate discipline.
In 2012 Don Ross walked Buena Tierra with Brown, who pointed at a Swan clone Pinot block and said he could make something. The current 2023 is the small-production red in the book: 110 cases, medium-to-deep ruby, forest floor already in the glass.
96 LPB. Not a simple red-fruit Pinot.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown, March 2026: wild sage, mossy tree bark, tilled soil, velvety and opulent mid-palate, just enough freshness, fragrant-earth finish. Drink 2026–2040. Pair with wild mushrooms.
Professional scores
What the press wrote on this vintage.
Named critic scores on this vintage. These are press ratings, not the Wine-Searcher aggregate.
The buyer's perspective
What the guest
hears first.
Staff line: Shibumi, Thomas Rivers Brown, 110 cases, 96 Wine Palate. Pour it with mushrooms or duck. NET $53.60 in sixes.
Winemaker's corner
Wine Spectator cover · Napa's Top Gun · Shibumi Knoll
Thomas
Rivers Brown
Brown's gift, in Joann's words, is wines that are the purest expression of the site with minimal intervention. The 2023 Pinot is that idea on the coast: black fruit, dried herbs, earth, velvet.
Shibumi is still the knoll north of St. Helena — a cottage, an oak, a sub-acre of Cabernet — and a Russian River / Sonoma Coast fruit book that Don and Joann refused to let get ripped out.
110 cases is the entire 2023 Pinot. When the sixes are gone, the vintage is finished for the channel.
Sonoma Coast
Black fruit.
Dried herbs.
Earth in the bass line.
This is not a simple red-fruit Pinot. The published aromatic set is blackberry, mulberry, sage, moss, and soil — a coast wine with forest floor already in the glass.
LPB marks it ready to drink, medium-plus body, moderate acidity, subtle oak, medium tannin. 14.2% alcohol.
Organic farming, hand harvest, cluster sorted. The pairing on the sheet is wild mushrooms. Duck is the second plate.
2023 in the glass
Black fruit.
Dried herbs.
Velvet.
Fresh blackberry and mulberry, then wild sage, mossy bark, and tilled soil. Medium- to full-bodied, velvety, opulent, with just enough freshness to stay lifted. Subtle oak, medium tannin. 14.2%. 110 cases. Drink 2026–2040.
Menu and service
Built for a serious table.
- Wild mushroom risotto
- Seared duck breast
- Thyme roast bird
Serve in a proper stem. Taste on opening and give the wine air if the structure asks for it.
Staff pairing clip
The Meatiest Meatless Meal
The tableside introduction
“Shibumi Sonoma Coast Pinot, Thomas Rivers Brown, 96 Lisa Perrotti-Brown, 110 cases. Pour it with wild mushrooms.”
Order the case
Sonoma Coast Pinot in 110 cases.
96 points. Six bottles. $53.60 NET.
One-case minimum unless a bulk break is shown at checkout. Partner price is the JS Selections offer, not a required resale price.
