2023 Twomey Anderson Valley Pinot Noir estate spotlight
Twomey Cellars tastes its Anderson Valley Pinot Noirs with Elaine Chukan Brown. The film is the 2019 vintage from this same house and valley.
The market on this bottle
U.S. shop listings for this bottle, before sales tax. Auctions and clearance specials are left out. The main-listing low is $42.39, so this bottle is $43. Checked 2026-10-06.
Anderson Valley Pinot Noir
2023 Twomey Cellars Pinot Noir, Anderson Valley, USA
Twomey is the Pinot house the Duncan family of Silver Oak founded in 1999.
The Duncan family of Silver Oak founded Twomey in 1999, and Justin Hirigoyen has directed the winemaking since 2019. Decanter scored this 2023 Anderson Valley Pinot Noir 93. The bottle is $43.
Three Anderson Valley sites, ten months in barrel
Justin Hirigoyen has directed the winemaking since 2019. The 2023 uses Bearman Bend, Monument Tree, and Long Meadow Ranch, picked from September 29 to October 12, 2023, at an average 24.5 brix. Ten months in barrel, six of them on the primary lees, all French oak, 24 percent new, with 4 percent whole cluster, at 14.3 percent alcohol. It was released in April 2025.
Jonathan Cristaldi scored it 93 for Decanter in May 2025, and James Suckling scored it 92 the same month. If those two are already on this Pinot, what are you waiting for a later bottle to prove?
The house
The Duncan family of Silver Oak founded Twomey in 1999, and Justin Hirigoyen has directed the winemaking since 2019.
The sites
Bearman Bend is 38 acres at 480 feet in the deep end of the valley, and Monument Tree is named for a lightning-struck redwood.
The cellar
Ten months in French oak, 24 percent new, six months on the primary lees, and 4 percent whole cluster.
The scores
Jonathan Cristaldi scored the 2023 a 93 for Decanter in May 2025, and James Suckling scored it 92 that same month.
Decanter 93. James Suckling 92.
Jonathan Cristaldi scored the 2023 a 93 for Decanter in May 2025. James Suckling scored it 92 the same month.
Hirigoyen has run the winemaking since 2019, inside the house the Duncan family of Silver Oak started in 1999. The wine was released in April 2025.
Deep-end Pinot, then the oak
This is Pinot from Bearman Bend, Monument Tree, and Long Meadow Ranch, with 4 percent whole cluster and ten months in French oak. The alcohol is 14.3 percent.
The 2023 is $43. Twelve bottles ship free in the lower 48. Hawaii and Alaska are quoted on their own.
Pinot Noir from Bearman Bend, Monument Tree, and Long Meadow Ranch.
Four percent whole cluster, then ten months in barrel with six months on the primary lees.
French oak, 24 percent of it new, at 14.3 percent alcohol.
Ten months, six of them on the lees
The 2023 is Anderson Valley Pinot from three vineyards, with a small share of whole clusters and ten months in French oak.
The vineyards are Bearman Bend, Monument Tree, and Long Meadow Ranch. Bearman Bend is 38 acres at 480 feet in the deep end of the valley. Monument Tree is named for a lightning-struck redwood.
The fruit was picked from September 29 to October 12, 2023, at an average 24.5 brix. Four percent went in as whole cluster.
The wine spent ten months in barrel, six months on the primary lees. The oak is 100 percent French, 24 percent new. Alcohol is 14.3 percent. It was released in April 2025.
A Pinot house from the Silver Oak family
The Duncan family of Silver Oak started Twomey in 1999, and this Pinot is the Anderson Valley side of that house.
The Duncan family of Silver Oak founded Twomey in 1999. Justin Hirigoyen has been director of winemaking since 2019.
Bearman Bend is 38 acres at 480 feet in the deep end of Anderson Valley. Monument Tree takes its name from a lightning-struck redwood.
Long Meadow Ranch is the third vineyard in the 2023, with Bearman Bend and Monument Tree.
Salmon with the skin on, farro with mushrooms
Crispy salmon skin and roasted mushrooms give this Anderson Valley Pinot a dinner.
Two plates. Crispy-skin salmon first, then farro with roasted mushrooms. Both can sit with a cool Pinot.
Serve it at a cool cellar temperature.
Crispy-skin salmon
Skin-on fillets cook skin side down until the skin is crisp, then the flesh side gets a short finish.
Why it works: Crispy salmon skin gives the Pinot a hot crust to cut, without a heavy sauce in the way.
View Recipe for Crispy-skin salmon (opens in a new tab)Farro with mushrooms
Farro with roasted shiitake and oyster mushrooms, lemon, and olive oil.
Why it works: Roasted mushrooms are the second plate, earthy enough for Pinot that spent ten months in French oak.
View Recipe for Farro with mushrooms (opens in a new tab)Open the Anderson Valley Pinot
Decanter scored the 2023 a 93. The bottle is $43.
Open the 2023 with crispy-skin salmon.
