The 2023 Pinot Noir AEolian comes primarily from vines planted in 2001. It’s bursting with scents of wild berries, bergamot, tea leaves, earth and violet. The medium-bodied palate delivers layer after layer of ripe, fragrant... Read More
The 2022 Pinot Noir Estate is bursting with strawberry, raspberry and orange peel aromas, and with time it reveals touches of cinnamon, bitters and wildflowers. The light-bodied palate is finely astringent and refreshing with... Read More
This wine consistently makes a compelling case for one of the best under $50 Oregon Pinot Noirs. Winemaker Ben Casteel believes that the entry-point wine is often the most reflective of an estate’s quality, and therefore... Read More
The 2022 Pinot Noir Estate Bien Nacido Vineyard is a gorgeous, complex wine that beautifully captures the multi-faceted personality of this great side. Rose petal, mint, sage, cedar and tobacco are some of the many notes that... Read More
LFG. I'm guessing the winemakers mean, Let's freaking go. Given the beautiful 2023 vintage, LFG should stand for let's freaking grin. A captivating boysenberry sorbet and blueberry aroma combination is counterpointed... Read More
The 2019 Pinot Noir Santa Barbara County brings more up-front fruit, with lots of ripe framboise and strawberry notes as well as flowers and spice. Pure, up-front, wonderfully balanced, and elegant on the palate, it has nicely... Read More
So creamy and succulent, but also with terrific mineral energy, this leaps and bounds across the medium-bodied palate. Very precise and complex, all the fascinating details pulling you down into its deep well of blue-fruit beauty.... Read More
Incredibly concentrated and refined, this has a mind-blowing aroma of sour cherries, but on the palate it is still slowly opening up, with great chalky minerality that builds and builds to an extraordinary climax at the almost... Read More
As graceful as it is rich, this extraordinary pinot noir is a giant of subtlety. Incredible concentration and underplayed power on the super-silky, medium-bodied palate. Hard to put into words the purity, precision and refinement... Read More
A pretty pinot with sour cherries, strawberries and a fine herbal edge. Juicy, medium-bodied palate delivers some light cherry and red berries on the palate. Crunchy and concise with lots of fruit at the end. Drink now.... Read More
A pleasant outlier in the context of the Parr Collective is the 2024 Pinot Noir San Luis Obispo Coast from Climat Frais, which was vinified with longer macerations than in the Phelan Farm wines and matured in 50% new Taransaud... Read More
Perfumed nose of red currants, sour cherries, frozen raspberries, crushed stone and wild herbs. Medium-bodied with bright acidity. Precise, agile and seductive, with a vibrant core of succulent berries and a lift of white pepper... Read More
After 37 months en tirage, Dautel's 2016 Pinot Brut nature opens with a clear, very delicate and finely aromatic bouquet with very fine Pinot and brioche notes and again (like the Riesling brut) the purity, finesse and elegance... Read More
The 2023 Volnay 1er Cru Les Santenots offers up notes of cherries, plums, petals and spices, followed by a medium to full-bodied, velvety and succulent palate. With good freshness and length, Glantenay appears to have successfully... Read More
The most powerful wine in the cellar is the 2019 Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Chênes, a rich, muscular cuvée that offers up notes of plums, cherries, orange rind, spices and burning embers. Full-bodied, ample and muscular,... Read More
Massively aromatic, this leads with balsamic, Marasca cherries and strawberry compote. It's a heady Volnay with a full body, slightly leathery tannins and rather relaxed but supporting acidity. While a bit blustery with its... Read More
The 2023 Volnay Clos des Chênes 1er Cru has a bashful bouquet at first, unfurling with peony and iris-infused dark berry fruit. There is a hint of iodine here. The palate is medium-bodied with firm tannins and good acidity,... Read More
Moderately generous wood influence is present on the ripe yet decidedly cool aromas of both red and dark currant that are nuanced by earth and sauvage nuances. There is very good detail to the refined but solidly punchy medium-bodied... Read More
This is the first wine to display any meaningful reduction and it's enough to push the fruit to the background. The richer and bigger-bodied flavors possess very fine mid-palate density along with excellent minerality that... Read More
Pretty if restrained aromas are comprised by notes of red and dark currant, newly turned earth, orange peel and a vague floral wisp. There is excellent detail and vibrancy to the delicious if not especially dense flavors that... Read More
A mentholated top note is present on the even spicier and slightly more floral-suffused aromas of airy dark berries, sandalwood and jasmine tea. The lacy, even lilting, flavors also exude a subtle bead of minerality on the nicely... Read More
A perfumed and exceptionally pretty nose combines notes of dark raspberry, exotic tea and a broad range of floral elements. The succulent, refined and admirably punchy medium weight plus flavors possess excellent delineation and... Read More
Once again, the amphore demonstrates its advantages in very ripe vintages as the nose is appealingly fresh with an even spicier array of plum, violet, anise and cinnamon scents. The delicious middle weight flavors possess a gorgeous... Read More
Petit Cellier is the second wine from the Domaine du Cellier aux Moines. The 2023 vintage is a delightful wine and one of the best values in red Burgundy, offering bright, forward raspberry and lively floral notes. The texture... Read More
