often brings greatness to Pinot Noir, the most difficult of grapes to master.
Greatness
also arises in champion racehorses, something Proprietor Barbara Banke recognized and celebrates in the
gifted Maggy Hawk, a winning thoroughbred honored with this Pinot Noir effort from the deep
end of Mendocino’s Anderson Valley, mere moments from the Pacific Ocean.
Each wine
in the series is named for a horse born to Maggy Hawk: Jolie, Afleet, Stormin’ and Unforgettable, and to
her sire, Hawkster. The unique expression borne of training, bloodlines, site and alchemy applies
equally to wine and horses - Pinot Noir and thoroughbreds in particular.
