Perfect 10, 94-Point Napa Valley Estate Pinot from Elkhorn Peak Cellars.
Complex, silky smooth and just lovely, don’t miss this beauty from a true, independent, family-run farm in Napa Valley.
As is often the case, a challenging vintage (2020) produced a beautiful wine. Thanks to the extreme heat, the winery finished picking all their fruit just days before the smoke and ash descended upon Napa Valley from the 2020 fires, which meant all the fruit for this wine was completely unaffected.
And what amazing fruit it is, a combination of 5 clones – Pommard, Dijon 114 & 115, Swan and “R” (Kent Rasmussen) clone, all estate grown. The wine then spends 12 months in neutral French oak barrels. Just 14 of those barrels were produced.
As such, it’s no surprise the normal price for this wine is $54 a bottle! We’ve got it for much less today…
For the next day you can get 3 bottles of the 2020 Elkhorn Peak Napa Valley Pinot Noir for just $66.95 ($22.32/bottle). That’s a discount of 59% saving you over $31 a bottle!
ADD TO CART – SUMMER HOLD $66.95 $162
ADD TO CART – SUMMER SHIP $74.95 $170
And be sure to keep on reading to find out more about Elkhorn Peak Cellars which is a Napa certified micro-winery and part of the Save The Family Farms movement.
This 3-pack deal is available to ship to the following states: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV and WY. (These states are dependent on the individual licenses of the offering winery and are not representative of all our deals. Every deal can have different, sometimes more, sometimes less, states available.)
Unless it sells sell out sooner, this limited time, winery direct offer will end in just…
Clicking on the Add To Cart button above will take you to our checkout at shop.reversewinesnob.com. Once there you can adjust the quantity of 3-packs in your order. Ends Wednesday 8/12/2026 at noon (PT). Read on for our full review.
Summer 2026 Shipping Info
Shipping is a flat $9.99 per order, no matter how many packs you buy. This applies to both Summer Shipments AND Summer Holds. Summer Shipments also have an additional charge built into the product price for the heat protection package. Here’s how it works:
Summer Ship (+$8 for the Heat Protection Package) – Packages ship in styrofoam and use refrigerated shipping. This includes refrigerated trucks to local hubs for the South, Midwest and East Coast and internal refrigeration (ice packs) in boxes for the West Coast (AZ, CA, ID, NV, OR, WA). Final delivery will be on regular UPS trucks without refrigeration (just like last year), thus the reason for the styrofoam.
Note that unlike last year, packages will not go 2-day air as the refrigerated trucks are a better option, however this will add additional transit time. Trucks will only pick up from our shipper once per week so with our normal order processing time of up to 10 days before orders are sent out, packages will likely take anywhere from 2-3 weeks to arrive in-home.
These orders have an additional cost of $8 built into the product price for this Heat Protection Package. It is NOT possible (nor would it be advisable!) to purchase a deal with summer shipping without also including the Heat Protection Package.
Summer Hold – Buy your wine now and have your shipment held in a temperature controlled warehouse for delivery in October! While we take every precaution we can with our Summer Shipping protocol, we also know that many of you travel or live in very hot areas where you don’t want to risk it (or you simply detest styrofoam).
Please note this is not a “ship-at-will” program, all your summer hold orders will ship (in cardboard/no styrofoam) at a date of our choosing in mid-October once temperatures have cooled down. Please read this post for important info to determine if the Summer Hold program is right for you.
If this is your first time ordering please check out the shipping section of our FAQ for more information.
For your convenience you also have the option to select a UPS Store/Access Point to ship to at checkout (with no additional pickup fee) so you don’t have to be home to sign! For Summer Hold orders whatever shipping location option you choose at checkout (ship to home or ship to UPS Store/Access Point) will apply in October.
As promised, here’s a bit more about the winery:
At Elkhorn Peak Cellars, everything begins at home. Our vineyard sits at the heart of a 28-acre organic farm in south Napa Valley, part of a working homestead our family has been building with love since 1983. We farm the old-fashioned way: by hand, with heart, and always with the future in mind. Our commitment to organic practices and biodiversity helps keep our soil, vines, and surrounding ecosystem healthy.
We’re a small, family-run operation—grown slowly and sustainably, without corporate influence. We built this business from the ground up, reinvesting season after season, guided by a deep respect for the land and a dedication to our craft. Every decision—from pruning to bottling—is made with care, intention, and pride in doing things the right way. Ken Nerlove, Founder/Grower, works alongside his daughter, Elise Nerlove, and a tight-knit crew of family and friends to run Elkhorn Peak Cellars.
We produce fewer than 1,000 cases a year and sell exclusively through our website and Wine Club—to people who value authenticity, craftsmanship, and connection.
At Elkhorn Peak, we’re not just growing grapes—we’re growing a way of life that honors the land, feeds the community, and stands proudly apart from the corporate wine machine. We’re proud to stand with a small but mighty community of independent farmers who believe wine should be personal, not corporate.
Since 2017, we have dedicated ourselves to serving on the Executive Committee of the non-profit Save the Family Farms. Our mission is to protect the livelihoods of small, independent farms, ensuring they remain viable for future generations despite the increasing wave of corporate takeovers. In 2022, we achieved a significant milestone by successfully passing the Micro-Winery Ordinance in Napa County, a testament to our unwavering determination to save the family farms.
And now on to the wine!
From the winery:
2020 Elkhorn Peak Napa Valley Pinot Noir
WINEMAKER NOTES: The 2020 Pinot Noir is a wine of elegance and depth, marked by vibrant red fruit, silky texture, and a core of savory complexity. Aromas of wild strawberry, Bing cherry, and rose petal lead into a palate layered with pomegranate, black tea, and subtle forest floor. The tannins are fine and well-integrated, giving the wine a graceful structure that will reward both immediate enjoyment and careful cellaring.
COMPOSITION: 100% Estate grown Pinot Noir; 5 clones (Pommard, Dijon 114 & 115, swan and “R” clone). R clone is a unique, proprietary Pinot Noir vine selection brought to the vineyard by and nicknamed after longtime consulting winemaker and friend Kent Rasmussen – the “R” stands for Rasmussen.
TA: 5.77 g/L
pH: 3.64
ALCOHOL: 14.2%
AGING: 12 months neutral French oak barrels
PRODUCTION: 14 barrels; 331 casesVINTAGE NOTES: A dry winter gave way to a status quo spring. Budbreak occurred on March 15th, right on time. We had a week of unexpected spring showers in mid-May, which caused a bit of shatter in the vineyard, but it was nothing too alarming. Summer arrived with sunny, even temperatures that hovered around the low 80s for most of June and July. Like clockwork, the grapes began to go through version at the end of July 2020. While COVID moved through the planet, and Napa Valley tourism evaporated overnight, it was hard to know which way was up, but we took tremendous comfort in a very average grapegrowing season and were hopeful for a quiet and uneventful harvest. But that definitely was not the case…
Harvest 2020 kicked off on August 14th, during Napa’s first summer heatwave. It was 100 degrees and we picked one ton of Pinot Noir that would become the 2020 Pinot Noir Pet Nat.
The triple-digit heat continued for a few days, and a week later on August 23rd, the heat subsided for a few days so we picked another one ton of Pinot.
The extreme heat returned the first couple of days in September, reaching 102 at our south Napa ranch, and as high as 110 in north Napa – very extreme temperatures! The excessive heat accelerated ripening, and we made a quick decision to pull the rest of our fruit on Labor Day 2020. So, at sundown on September 7, 2020, we began harvesting everything we had left in the vineyard. The crew finished up just after 2 A.M.
The grapes came in beautifully, albeit the crop was a little lighter than usual. Thanks to the extreme heat, the berries were a bit riper than our usual target – had we left the fruit on for another few days in the heat, we would have been picking raisins! We’re grateful that we pulled the fruit off when we did…if not for the potential to raisin, for the unprecedented weather that would soon hit California…
On the morning of September 9th [just one day after harvest was complete!], Californians woke up to orange skies and raining ash. The fires were burning far from Napa Valley, but weather patterns blew the heavy smoke towards us. We’ve never seen anything like it. The 2020 Napa Valley harvest proved to be one of the most challenging in history. We are very lucky and honored to share this vintage with you.
14.2% Alcohol
Cork
And now on to our review:
The 2020 Elkhorn Peak Napa Valley Pinot Noir opens with an complex, inviting aroma of red and black cherry, strawberry, some earthy forest floor notes, floral notes (roses), a little black tea, touches of baking spice, tomato plant and more. There’s lots to discover here as you swirl and the wine breathes. It’s a very nice start.
Tasting the wine reveals it to be silky smooth and very balanced with similar flavors to the nose. A bit more on the elegant side of things in the mouth, it offers great depth and subtle layers to discover as you sip. It is just lovely to drink.
It ends dry and very long, seriously it just keeps on keeping on. It was just as good on day 2.
Cheers,
Jon
2020 ELKHORN PEAK NAPA VALLEY PINOT NOIR
Taste: 10 (94+ points) Cost: 2
OVERALL RATING: 8.0
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