Lot 8 2023 Napa Carneros Pinot Noir
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BOTTLING 7/25: AVAILABLE TO SHIP FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST (WEATHER PERMITTING)
SHIPPING IS INCLUDED ON 12-BOTTLE CASE
FREE SUMMER STORAGE UNTIL THE FALL
Quite frankly, I think this Pinot Noir offers tremendous value even at the wineries $40/bottle MSRP. But I guess that's what having a vineyard in your family for 40+ years enables you to do - deliver great wine at a reasonable price. The vineyard is a fantastic property just stones throw from the San Pablo bay in Napa Carneros and I have always been impressed with ownership's winemaking across their various programs in Napa as well as Lake County. Always great wine at a great price relative to their competition.
Today, however, your buying this great, single-vineyard designated bottling blend not for $480/case but for the rather fantastic price tag of just $149/case DELIVERED.
I've not been able to find a lot of critics scores on the producers bottlings save for a 93 for the 2020 from the Wine Enthusiast and another 91 for the 2022 from the Wine Spectator. But, trust me on this one folks, if you are looking for an expressive, vibrant, racy, and lively style of Pinot Noir, it is indeed time to back up the truck!
Lot 8 is a fresh, spicy, perfectly ripe and sumptuous Pinot Noir. Cherry red in the glass with a shade of magenta that gives it a fresh color, it features an immediately gorgeous bouquet of ripe cherries and strawberries framed with fresh-peeled tangerine and black tea haloed by pretty rose petal florals. Fleshy, juicy and ripe on entry with an open knit structure redolent with ripe strawberry and cherry fruit with spicy ginger notes, black tea and lightly toasted oak woven throughout the mouthwatering structure. She finishes long and pretty with fantastic purity and persistence in an elegant finish. Quite lively and absolutely delicious, this bright, beautifully expressive Pinot Noir will beguile your palate!
100% Napa Carneros
100% Pinot Noir
100% Single Vineyard - same bottling blend as producer.
~20% new oak in a larger format barrel-ageing regimen
14.2% alc.
~400 cases (bottling July 25th)
