The wine

Having worked with a variety of Central Coast sites in their early vintages the team at Jackhammer have now centred in on a single site in Monterey as their best source for their Pinot Noir. Here the natrually cooler climate creates perfect ripening conditions that ensure the grapes can be harvested with the perfect balance of crisp acidity and ripe fruit flavours.

In the winery the Jackhammer wines take the less is more approach eschewing over-extraction and over-oaking in an attempt to produce pure, elegant wines. That is absolutely the case with their Pinot which is pure, limpid and delicious with tons of fresh red-fruit notes and just a touch of that cherry-cola flavour so commonly associated with this part of California. Delicious wines and amazing value, need we say more?

The producer

Jackhammer is a venture that was set up to resolve what its founders felt were a shortage of good...