Domaine Serene Evenstad Reserve Pinot Noir 2016

Professional Ratings

• 95 James Suckling

  This is 100% estate-grown fruit and has a dark-cherry and berry nose with blueberry and spicy-earth nuances also in the mix. The palate has a very plush and succulent feel with a smoothly rendered array of fine, silky tannins and a composed, fleshy and dark-fruited finish. Drink or hold.

• 95 Decanter
  A true illustration of the art of the blend, the 2016 Evenstad Reserve Pinot Noir radiates a heavenly bouquet of elderberry, sandalwood, leather and mushrooms. Rich and supple on the palate, it reveals a complex array of dark fruit in a fine-tuned frame of power and elegance. Its silky-smooth tannins leave you with a lingering finish of pure satisfaction.
• 93 Wine Spectator

  Refined and stately in style, offering elegantly complex raspberry and cherry flavors, with orange peel and clove notes, gaining structure toward polished tannins. Drink now through 2026.

• 93 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

  The 2016 Pinot Noir Evenstad Reserve, aged 16 months in 65% new French oak, has a pale to medium ruby-purple color and scents of blackberries, black cherries, underbrush, pipe tobacco and woodsmoke with accents of bergamot and laurel. Medium-bodied and silky, it slowly opens with floral and mineral-tinged fruits, firmly framed and juicy with a long, spiced finish. This will benefit from another year in bottle. Rating: 93+

• 93 Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
  COMMENTARY: The 2016 Domaine Serene Evenstad Reserve Pinot Noir is an outstanding effort with a beautiful presence on the palate. TASTING NOTES: This wine is beautifully-built with aromas and flavors of black fruit as well as some bright red berries. Enjoy it with rosemary and garlic-accented, roast leg of lamb. (Tasted: April 28, 2020, San Francisco, CA)