Winemaker Notes
Aromas of rose, ripe cherries, and savory forest foliage. On the palate, savory spices, red berries, and fine grain leather.
Great with roast chicken, grilled salmon, mushroom and burrata on garlic rubbed bruschetta.
Professional Ratings
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Vinous
The 2022 Pinot Noir Estate is finessed and remarkably pretty, displaying rosy floral perfumes and hints of white strawberry and spice. This mixes ripe wild berry fruits with candied citrus, all nicely framed by tactile mineral tones and a tinge of zesty acidity. It tapers off with admirable length, leaving a tart, spicy cranberry resonance in its wake. The Estate Pinot hails from a vineyard planted in 1964.
Thin-skinned, finicky and temperamental, Pinot Noir is also one of the most rewarding grapes to grow and remains a labor of love for some of the greatest vignerons in Burgundy. Fairly adaptable but highly reflective of the environment in which it is grown, Pinot Noir prefers a cool climate and requires low yields to achieve high quality. Outside of France, outstanding examples come from in Oregon, California and throughout specific locations in wine-producing world. Somm Secret—André Tchelistcheff, California’s most influential post-Prohibition winemaker decidedly stayed away from the grape, claiming “God made Cabernet. The Devil made Pinot Noir.”
