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Wednesday, May 15th, 2024

Winery is SOLD OUT! These are the Last Bottles in the Market, Normally Restaurant EXCLUSIVES.

Continuum Son's Mind-Blowing Cult Sonoma Coast Grand Cru 2022s

In Honor of their late Grandmother Marjorie Ellen Mondavi (Declusin)

Plus Last Bottles of the Pinot Noir—Previous Vintage Sold Out Since Last Year When Ranked #4 Wine Spectator Top 100 Wines of 2023!

"This is amazing... Entrancing finish... Hard not to drink."

-James Suckling, 98 Points

"Dark fruits that dance lightly across the tongue. Black tea, and pomegranate pulp are brighten by a squeeze of blood orange."

-Decanter, 97 Points

"...the 2022 is lights out. What a wine."

-Antonio Galloni, 94 Points

Dear Artisans,

These are the very last bottles in the market, as the winery is completely sold out! LAST CALL: we have extolled the virtues of Raen Pinot Noir as a "must-buy" for years, and we're not the only fans: last December, the 2021 Occidental and 2021 Raen, our two best recommendations from the West Sonoma Coast, were ranked by Wine Spectator as their #2 and #4 Wines of 2023. (They sold out within minutes.) On top of that, Vinous Media's Antonio Galloni declared "This is a superb set of 2022s from brothers Carlo and Dante Mondavi." He continued "Sadly, yields are down a punishing 40-50%, mostly because of frost in May,"

Fortunately, through our strong relationships, we were able to score a limited allocation of this 2022 vintage, which is an even better year. Not only do we have their 98-point "Royal St. Robert Cuvee" but we also have their 99-point "Lady Marjorie" Chardonnay!

Don't miss out on this rare opportunity to secure the finest from the greatest vintage *the just-minted West Sonoma Coast AVA has had to date!

More Background: RAEN is run by American wine royalty: Carlo and Dante Mondavi, grandsons of Napa legend Robert Mondavi and sons of Continuum’s Tim Mondavi. With the same expertise and unrelenting passion that drove Robert to develop the world-famous Opus One and Tim to craft 100-point reds, Dante and Carlo are dedicated to Pinots of elegant, Burgundian finesse from the wild Sonoma coast.  

Antonio Galloni of Vinous previously wrote: “Frankly, I had a hard time moving on from these wines as they were so deeply impressive from the moment I first tasted them."

After working with their father in building Continuum, Dante and Carlo decided to go off on their own and venture out to the West Sonoma Coast to make cool climate Pinot Noir that can stand on its own on the world stage. RAEN is a Pinot Noir domaine focused on yielding aromatic, lifted wines of finesse and elegance from three “grand cru” vineyards capable of sitting among the worlds finest.

In the cellar RAEN strives to capture the delicate micro flora from their vineyard in they wines. They achieve this by utilizing whole cluster fermentations relying only on the native yeasts that exist naturally on the grapes giving us a deeper connection to our sites. After fermentation the wines are pressed and aged in neutral French oak barrels allowing the wines to evolve in a gentle manner without overpowering the delicate aromatic notes. The wines will age between 10 to 20 months depending on the vintage and site. Once the Mondavis feel the wines are ready RAEN is then bottled without fining or filtration to further keep these pure delicate notes intact.

Don't drag your feet on these releases as we have 9-20 bottles left of each!

All my best,

—James Tran