Passionate wine consumers turned vintners, Brian Mast and Jennifer Waits combined forces and interests to found Waits-Mast Family Cellars. In 2005, they had successfully crafted their first barrel of Pinot Noir. Both Mast and Waits were pleased enough with the wine to continue the following year. Their one-barrel production turned into a small operation with a focus on commercial branding that captured their switch from wine geeks to winemakers.
Get a trio pack of some of the finest selections Waits-Mast Family Cellars has in their queue from 2014. In this special offer, you’ll find three Pinot Noirs from different vineyards within California. Wentzel Vineyard, Anderson Valley is a rich ruby colored wine with bold bing cherry, rose petal, white pepper, and sweet fennel seed aromas combined with bright, medium bodied flavor of red fruits, cedar, and vanilla bean. Nash Mill Vineyard, Anderson Valley combines fruit, herbs, and spice with delicious, zingy notes of blackberry, black plum, tannins, cedar, clove, bay leaf, and anise making it the biggest personality of the group. Mendocino County blends different barrels from Waits-Mast vineyard designates wines in this case Mariah Vineyard and the Oppenlander Vineyard. The two combined pay tribute to dark fruit and earth tones with bright red cherry high tones, cranberry, and minderal to smooth out the finish. You can’t go wrong with this triple threat.
