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Reeve

Alexander ValleyUnited States

Reeve is an Alexander Valley-based producer working across multiple cool-climate Pinot Noir sites, with additional range in Riesling and Sangiovese. The focus is on single-vineyard expression over house style.


History

Reeve is a small, focused California producer operating out of Alexander Valley in Sonoma County. The label has built its identity around sourcing from named, specific vineyard sites rather than blending across appellations for consistency. Beyond those broad strokes, documented details about founding dates, ownership lineage, or key personnel transitions are sparse in the public record. What is clear from the portfolio is that Reeve has pursued a deliberate strategy of granular, site-by-site Pinot Noir bottlings, with the Kiser Vineyard appearing in at least three distinct block-level designations, suggesting a long-standing and closely managed relationship with that site.

Vineyards

The Kiser Vineyard, which Reeve bottles as Upper Block, Lower Block, and Suitcase Block, is the anchor of the program and points to a site with enough internal variation to warrant separate treatments. The Rice-Spivak and Thorn Ridge vineyards round out the Pinot Noir sourcing, while the Windsor Oaks Vineyard supplies fruit for an unusual Sangiovese bottling. Alexander Valley is better known for Cabernet Sauvignon than Pinot Noir; Reeve's Pinot sources likely draw from cooler pockets or higher-elevation sites within or adjacent to the appellation where diurnal shift is more pronounced. Specific soil data, elevation figures, and farming certifications for these vineyards are not well documented in publicly available sources.

Winemaking

The block-level Kiser bottlings are the clearest signal of Reeve's approach in the cellar: the producer evidently believes the differences between Upper, Lower, and Suitcase blocks are worth preserving separately rather than combining into a single vineyard wine. That kind of commitment to differentiation typically implies restrained intervention, careful lot separation, and sensitivity to fermentation variables. The Riesling bottled under the Prism label and the Sangiovese from Windsor Oaks suggest a willingness to work outside the obvious commercial lane for a California small producer. Specific details on yeast protocols, oak percentages, vessel types, or aging duration have not been independently verified and are not reported here.

Wines

2023 Riesling Prism

7.1

2022 Vermentino

6.8

2022 Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon Bedrock Vineyard

6.7

2022 Falanghina Estate Vineyard

7.1

2022 Riesling Vonarburg Vineyard

7.1

2022 Pinot Noir Charles Heintz Vineyard

7.1

2022 Pinot Noir Rhoda

7.1

2022 Chardonnay Mirama

7.3

2022 Pinot Noir Mirama

7.5

2022 Pinot Noir Kiser Vineyard Lower Block

7.5

2022 Sangiovese Windsor Oaks Vineyard

7.5

2022 Pinot Noir Thorn Ridge Vineyard

7.8

2022 Pinot Noir Rice-Spivak Vineyard

8.0

2022 Pinot Noir Special Reserve

8.0

2022 Chardonnay Charles Heintz Vineyard

8.0

2022 Pinot Noir Kiser Vineyard Upper Block

8.0

2022 Pinot Noir Kiser Vineyard Suitcase Block

8.0

2021 Chardonnay Heintz Vineyard

6.8

2021 Chardonnay H. Klopp Vineyard

6.9

2021 Pinot Noir Mirama No. 2

7.5

2021 Sangiovese Windsor Oaks Vineyard

7.5

2021 Pinot Noir Thorn Ridge Vineyard

7.8

2021 Pinot Noir Wendling Vineyard North Slope

7.8

2021 Pinot Noir Special Reserve

8.0

2021 Pinot Noir Rice-Spivak Vineyard

8.0

2021 Pinot Noir Kiser Vineyard Lower Block

8.0

2021 Pinot Noir Wendling Vineyard Suitcase

8.0

2021 Sangiovese Monte Rosso Vineyard

8.0

2021 Pinot Noir Kiser Vineyard Upper Block

8.2

2021 Pinot Noir Kiser Vineyard Suitcase Block

8.5

2020 Blanc de Blancs Charles Heintz Vineyard

6.8

2020 Blanc de Blancs H. Klopp Vineyard

6.9

2019 Riesling Prism

6.8

2019 Sangiovese Bosco

7.0

2019 Riesling Prism #2

7.1

2019 Sangiovese Windsor Oaks Vineyard

7.1

2019 Pinot Noir Special Reserve

7.4

2019 Chardonnay Heintz Vineyard

7.5

2019 Chardonnay Mirama

7.6

2019 Pinot Noir Mirama

7.6

2019 Pinot Noir Rhoda

7.7

2019 Syrah Petrichor Vineyard

7.7

2019 Pinot Noir Thorn Ridge Vineyard

8.0

2019 Pinot Noir Rice-Spivak Vineyard

8.0

2019 Field Blend Gibson Ranch

8.0

2019 Pinot Noir Kiser Vineyard Lower Block

8.0

2019 Pinot Noir Kiser Vineyard Suitcase Block

8.0

2019 Pinot Noir Kiser Vineyard Upper Block

8.4

2019 Pinot Noir Wendling Vineyard North Slope

8.3

2019 Pinot Noir Wendling Vineyard Suitcase Block

8.6

2018 Chardonnay Mirama

6.7

2018 Pinot Noir Mirama

7.1

2018 Pinot Noir Rhoda

7.3

2018 Grenache Petrichor Vineyard

7.5

2018 Chardonnay H. Klopp Vineyard

7.6

2018 Riesling Vonarburg Vineyard

7.5

2018 Pinot Noir Thorn Ridge Vineyard

7.7

2018 Pinot Noir Kiser Vineyard Lower Block

7.8

2018 Chardonnay Heintz Vineyard

7.9

2018 Pinot Noir Rice-Spivak Vineyard

8.0

2018 Pinot Noir Kiser Vineyard Upper Block

8.0

2018 Pinot Noir Kiser Vineyard Suitcase Block

8.9

2017 Ros of Pinot Noir Vecino Vineyard

6.9

2017 Pinot Noir Tanbark Mill Vineyard

7.1

2017 Riesling Prism

7.4

2017 Pinot Noir Rhoda

7.4

2017 Riesling Vonarburg Vineyard

7.4

2017 Blanc de Noir Kiser Vineyard

7.6

2017 Pinot Noir Mirama

7.7

2017 Pinot Noir Wendling Vineyard

7.8

2017 Syrah Petrichor Vineyard

7.7

2017 Pinot Noir Rice-Spivak Vineyard

8.0

2017 Pinot Noir Kiser Vineyard Upper Block

8.0

2017 Pinot Noir Kiser Vineyard Lower Block

8.9

2017 Pinot Noir Kiser Vineyard Suitcase Block

8.8

2016 Riesling (Anderson Valley)

6.8

2016 Pinot Noir (Anderson Valley)

7.2

2016 Riesling Vonarburg Vineyard

7.3

2016 Sangiovese Windsor Oaks Vineyard

7.4

2015 Pinot Noir Tanbark Mill Vineyard

7.6
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