Who makes it
Castle Rock Winery buys grapes from a network of growers and makes its Pinot Noir range from that fruit. Greg Popovich owns the winery. Meghan Daniels Rech guides vineyard practices, and the company works with outside winemakers.
Castle Rock owns no vineyards or physical facilities. It sources fruit from California, Oregon, and Washington. The wines are made and bottled at wineries in Napa Valley, Sonoma County, Willamette Valley, and Columbia Valley. The range is divided by regional origin.
Where it grows
The Central Coast has a climate and soils suited to Pinot Noir. Castle Rock uses the region as a named origin in California.
The labels identify places at different geographic levels. Mendocino County and Monterey County are California counties, while Willamette Valley is an Oregon valley. Each name identifies the geographic source of the fruit, and Pinot Noir remains the grape.
What they make
Castle Rock's Pinot Noir range is divided by origin. The trade range includes California Pinot Noir and Central Coast Pinot Noir, along with county and valley bottlings. Pinot Noir is the grape in each listed wine.
The 2017 Central Coast bottle is a red wine with 13.5% alcohol in a 750 ml bottle. The 2022 Central Coast Pinot Noir won Best of Class Pinot Noir at the 2025 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition.