Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
83
/100
Reviews
8
professional
Vintages
1
2016
Other
83/100
Pinot Noir
NV
Community Reviews
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91
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Taster #6290
· May 23, 2025
60/100
Drank from a 375 ml. Just awful…autumn leaves, chocolate, dill, and mineral laden red dirt. Completely tertiary, red fruits are completely gone. Tannin and acidity are there but the red fruits disappeared. Way beyond peak.
2016 vintage
Taster #6290
· Nov 3, 2023
Third of six 375mi bottles; lots of bottle variation so far. PnP. This is great, if you love V8 vegetable juice: tomato leaf, dill pickle juice, salt water, carrot juice, and charred earth; eventually, the red fruits start to emerge, but unfortunately, too late to add much. Very weird to say the least.
2016 vintage
Taster #7203
· Dec 13, 2022
Friends liked it. I don’t . Tastes nothing like a pinot. Not good.
2016 vintage
Taster #1279
· Sep 10, 2022
from 375ml...these bottles have consistently been tight and reticent. No flaws noted, but not particularly flavorful or expressive
2016 vintage
Taster #1279
· Aug 14, 2022
I've enjoyed the 2014 of this wine. The 2015 less so. This wine's saving grace is that it was a 375. drinkable, but not interesting. 87-88 pts seems about right.
2016 vintage
Taster #5274
· Jun 17, 2022
Dark without being heavy Nice balanceof cherry and barnyard. Interesting tannins and acidity. From .375
2016 vintage
Taster #6290
· Jun 2, 2022
Decanted from a 375ml. Medium bodied, I didn’t notice the heavy port like, sweetness that others have reported. This seems to have settled down the last ten months; better integrated and balanced. Cherries, raspberries, and cranberry cocktail dominate; the sour pickle juice acidity noted in my prior tasting seems to have mitigated. Acidity supports a long finish. In development with upside. Drink through 2026.
2016 vintage
Taster #0786
· Feb 10, 2022
75/100
Life's too short. Poured the 375ml down the drain. Yuk!
2016 vintage
Taster #6290
· Aug 13, 2021
90/100
Enjoyed from a 375ml, decanted. Similar in style and approach to the 2016 from the Angela Vineyard: upfront sour earth, dill and salty pickle juice, tart strawberry, spicy raspberry, and sour cherry. Youthful, high acid, and intense, but disjointed. Just needs some time to integrate all its components. I expect this will be really good in another 12-18 months. Plenty of upside potential.
2016 vintage
Taster #9552
· Jun 4, 2021
86/100
one of the strangest Pinots I've ever had (from 375ml). Very port-like on the nose. I don't mean oxidized, I mean very ripe, sweet fruit. After 45 minutes this aspect reduced but never disappeared. Good cherry fruit with some earthiness and minerality underneath, but hard to get past the portiness...
2016 vintage
Taster #4479
· Apr 21, 2021
85/100
Definitely better than the weird-as-hell estate bottling, but still just ... off. only barely correct, falls apart rather quickly.
2016 vintage
Taster #5274
· Jan 27, 2021
88/100
Drunk alongside 16 from Angela vineyard. From half bottle Pommard, 777 and 115 clones. This is softer and more immediately approacable than its sister, but a little more austere than earlier vintages. Nice balance, good acidity, cherries reign
2016 vintage
Taster #1789
· Dec 6, 2020
91/100
Nose: Lots of minerality and cherries. Palate: Good acidity and balance still. Soft cherries and an elegant finish. Still 91 points and a solid QPR.
2016 vintage
Taster #6899
· Sep 13, 2020
Nice and smooth. Soft tannins.
2016 vintage
Taster #1789
· Nov 9, 2019
91/100
Nose: Lots of Burg funk originally but after glass air replaced by slate minerals and fresh cherry aromas. Palate: Really crisp acidity with spicy red cherries and a fairly lengthy, elegant finish. Solid and a steal at $20.
2016 vintage