Rare new Pinot Noir from renowned  winemaker Thomas Rivers Brown and Schrader Cellars: introducing Aston Estate. Limited.

Aston Estate, founded in 2001, is an exceptional Sonoma-based collaboration between winemaker Thomas Brown, vintner Fred Schrader, and as Schrader Cellars coins, "Secret Weapon, Mr. Big." Part of the Schrader umbrella, the 40 acre-estate along the Sonoma Coast produces exclusively Pinot Noir that is classically styled with rich and elegant palate profiles.

96 Points Jeb Dunnuck: "The Aston 2022 Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast is a savory wine with notes of ripe cherries, leather, porcini, and a darker mineral profile. It has more structure and is ripe and well-defined. It has a hearty feel but retains good freshness and has a long finish. It’s going to age well over the next 15 years....Aston Estate was founded in 2001 and is dedicated exclusively to Pinot Noir from the Sonoma Coast. Thomas Rivers Brown of Rivers Marie is both the owner and winemaker at Aston, having assumed full ownership of the estate in 2021. The wines differ from those of Rivers Marie in that they take on significantly more structure, with a slightly more rustic texture and more depth due to what Thomas describes as the “rugged terrain,” situated in the coastal Annapolis area. The wines are expressive of a more mountainous feel and are certainly well worth exploring."

The Aston Estate 2022 Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir is a deep, dark, and structured wine from a strong, well-rounded vintage. The wine displays an almost completely opaque dark purple hue in the glass. Exotic aromas of bay leaf, macerated bramble fruit, blood orange and cedar bough emerge from the glass in concert. The palate is defined by mouth-watering freshness from front to back, marked by notes of fresh earth, cherry reduction, crushed rock and primrose. There is so much generosity and complexity to this wine, only time will tell what great notions will come to light in the bottle.