2024 Belle Glos Balade Pinot Noir, California, USA
The market on this bottle
Wine-Searcher tracks this 2024 Belle Glos Balade Pinot Noir, California across the open market. Their published U.S. low is $25.37 and the average is $38.72. Our slash is $40.00.
2024 Belle Glos • Balade • Pinot Noir
2024 Belle Glos Balade Pinot Noir, California, USA
The 2024 wandering bottling. A California Pinot Noir.
This is the 2024 Balade Pinot Noir. The year on the label is 2024, and the listing place is California. The bottle is $40. The winery price is $55.
For our members, type FEATURED20 at checkout for an extra 20 percent off. The cart still shows $40 until you enter the code. Good through December 31.
The wandering, 2024
Where does the wandering stop in 2024? Balade is French for wandering. Each year the house bottles one single vineyard of Pinot Noir, the block that compelled them, and releases it as a limited wine. This bottle is the 2024. That year is printed on the label.
Wine-Searcher places the 2024 Balade Pinot in California, and that is the place on this listing. It is Pinot Noir, not the Chardonnay that sometimes shares the Balade name. The vineyard can change when the vintage changes. The name is the point.
The winery price on this listing is $55. Our bottle is $40. Six are $240 and twelve are $480. Twelve ship free outside Hawaii and Alaska.
One vineyard, this year
Balade is the bottling that moves. Each vintage, one vineyard is chosen and bottled under this name. The 2024 is that choice, sold here as California Pinot Noir.
It stands apart from the vineyard Pinots beside it. Las Alturas, Dairyman, and Clark and Telephone each keep their own ground. Balade is the one that wanders.
Copper canes, then the cold stay
The Belle Glos cellar waits until the canes turn copper. Dry ice goes on the fruit. The berries are destemmed, and the cold ferment is held for three to four weeks. That is the house method.
Balade is the wandering bottling inside that house. One vineyard is chosen for the year, bottled, and then the name can move on. The 2024 is the year on this label.
Bigger, and richer
Pour the 2024 and the glass runs bigger and richer than a pale Pinot. Tannin stays low, and the richness carries the flavor. That is this Balade, a California Pinot with the year printed on the label.
Wine-Searcher, checked on 2026-10-30, put the U.S. market low at $25.31 and the average at $41.30. This bottle is $40. Members type FEATURED20 at checkout for an extra 20 percent off. The corner shows the low, the average, and our price.
A year, then the next block
The film is the winery's Brand Overview. Joe Wagner tells the house there: Belle Glos, pronounced bell gloss, founded in 2001 for Lorna Belle Glos Wagner. Balade is the chapter that moves each year, and 2024 is the chapter on this page.
Add the 2024 Belle Glos Balade Pinot Noir at $40. The winery price is $55. Six bottles are $240 and twelve are $480. Type FEATURED20 at checkout for an extra 20 percent off.
Belle Glos, Brand Overview. The winery's own film.
At the table
Roast duck is the plate for a Pinot built this rich. Crisp skin and thyme meet a bigger glass, and the low tannin leaves the duck in front. Open the 2024 while the bird rests.
Lamb chops are the second plate. Rosemary and a browned crust suit a wine with this much richness. Pour it before the chops leave the pan.
Roast duck
Sliced duck with thyme.
Why it works: Crisp skin meets a richer Pinot.
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Herb roasted lamb chops
Lamb chops with rosemary.
Why it works: A browned crust suits the richness.
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