Phelan Farm Pinot Noir is Raj Parr’s answer to the overworked California red. It comes from Cambria, on the San Luis Obispo Coast, where fog, wind and Pacific cold keep Pinot Noir on the sharper side of California. Less velvet sofa, more coastal blade.

The vineyard is farmed with a deep ecological mindset, closer to a living system than a production unit. Cool climate, low intervention and careful farming give the wine its shape: red fruit, fine tannins, savoury edges and that quiet tension serious Pinot needs to stay interesting after the first sip.

In the cellar, the language stays clean. Native yeasts, gentle handling, older oak and minimal additions. Nothing loud, nothing polished into boredom. This is Pinot Noir for lists that want California, but not the obvious version. Fresh, precise, quietly rebellious and built for the table.