Winemaker Notes
NOI4 2021 displays lively red fruit aromas alongside light spiciness. The wine is well balanced across all components on the palate, blending smooth tannins with refreshing acidity that lends crunchiness to this enjoyable wine.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
The nose feels like a child’s backyard birthday party, with Coca-Cola and sour cherries, wild strawberries, fresh fennel and soil. Juicy berries carry the palate, but without losing the freshness and levity of the nose. Decisive tannins and prominent acidity tie everything together.
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Wine Spectator
A luscious, expressive red, exuding black cherry, blackberry, kirsch, violet, iron and wild herb aromas and flavors. Tightens up as the dense, refined tannins come into play on the lingering finish. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc. Drink now through 2033. 1,000 cases made, 250 cases imported.
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Jeb Dunnuck
The 2021 Noi 4 is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, and Cabernet Franc that was raised for about a year in French oak. A deep ruby color, it opens to a fruity bouquet of fresh purple flowers, black raspberry, cherry liqueur, and sweet Mediterranean herbs. Although it’s approachable and full-bodied at first, its tannins and structure make themselves present on the finish, I would prefer to drink this over the next couple of years.
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