The Pinot Noir Estate is always the best place to start when evaluating our success or shortcoming in any given vintage. It incorporates nearly all our estate vineyard in various amounts, and as such provides an honest evaluation of the year.
This wine blends fruit from all the different sections of our Bethel Heights, Justice, and Lewman estate vineyards. It truly encompasses the entire breadth of expression at our estate, from the youthful exuberance of our youngest vines planted in 2002 to the brooding, earthy complexity of our old ownrooted vines that have been knitting themselves into our landscape for forty years.
Barrel aged 8 months in French oak, 24% new barrels
Wine Spectator Review:
Sleek and handsomely structured, with expressive raspberry and red plum flavors laced with black tea, forest floor and hints of mineral, building tension toward medium-grained tannins. Drink now through 2031. 5,262 cases made.