Reviews

October 1, 2023 93 Points Wine Enthusiast

“This wine has benefited from time in bottle. Lemon tending towards gold in color, it has a complex nose of golden apple, brioche, toast and dried oak. On the palate, the wine has youthful acidity with a mature texture and some herbal hints. Drink now, but can age for two to three years.”

October 2023 94 Points Wine & Spirits

Notes of espresso, vanilla bean, toasted almond adorn this wine’s rich red-cherry and raspberry flavors. Saline hints balance those spicy notes, which should integrate well with the generous fruit tones over the next five years.

October 2023 92 Points Decanter

"Winemaker Heidi von der Mehden says the aim is for red fruit and earth notes coupled with brighter acidity and brighter tannins, and this 2020 release showcases many of those qualities. Leads with crunchy red fruits all laced with cedar spices, and there are plenty of fresh, earthy pine forest notes to remind us we’re on the Sonoma Coast, where vineyards are surrounded by fog-soaked woodlands. Medium- to full-bodied, it’s undoubtedly a fuller expression of Pinot Noir laden with black cherry, cocoa nibs and an orange peel freshness framed by ironstone minerals, bay laurel and sagebrush."

October 2023 90 Points Wine & Spirits

“This chardonnay is apricot ripe, a broad wine that contrasts buttered toast flavors and the cool feel of tingly acidity. Golden and chewy. For a lobster roll.”

October 1, 2023 94 Points Wine Enthusiast

“Lemon-gold in color, this wine has a nose of brioche, vanilla and clove baking spice, Bosc pear, golden apple and hay. On the palate, it is impressive and complex. Limestone on the midpalate is bolstered by toast and wet stone. Drink now, but the wine could also benefit from one to three years of additional aging.”

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