Calera Jensen Vineyard Pinot Noir 2013

Professional Ratings

• 96 Wine Enthusiast
  A stunning range of black sage, fresh bay leaf, hearty mulberry, exotic cinnamon, raw beef and baking spice converge for a rugged yet pretty nose on this bottling from a vineyard planted in 1975. Elderberry and elderflower show on the sip, as do beet juice, dried ginger, crushed rocks, potting soils and a concentrated potpourri of purple flowers.
• 95 Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
  The 2013 Calera Jensen Vineyard Pinot Noir is remarkable. The wine's purity begins with red fruits and minerals in the aroma and settles onto a palate showing impeccable balance and smoothness. The crisp and lively finish indicates that it will require a decade in the cellar before it is at its best. (Tasted: November 18, 2016, San Francisco, CA)
• 95 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  From an accountant crushing yield of 1.12 tons per acre, the 2013 Pinot Noir Jensen Vineyard was aged 17 months in 30% new French oak. It offers a beautiful array of sappy flowers, forest floor and darker raspberry and cherry fruits to go with a medium to full-bodied, seamless, silky style on the palate that continues to flesh out and gain richness with time in the glass. Like all of Josh's wines, it's impeccably balanced and has first rate purity of fruit, ripe tannin structure and a great finish. It certainly offers incredible pleasure today, yet will be even better with short term cellaring and will have 15 years of overall longevity.
• 93 Wine Spectator
  Dense, with plum, blackberry and blueberry flavors, this firmly tannic version shows a sense of elegance and suppleness. Stylish and revealing new flavor nuances. Drink now through 2023.