This gorgeous wine is fragrant with cinnamon, rose petal and cedar aromas, then rich in black cherries, plums and flowers with a medium body and moderate tannins. A firm texture and balancing acidity lead to good length in the finish. Drink or hold.
94 points, Jim Gordon, James Suckling (Mar 2024)
The 2022 Pinot Noir Estate is wonderfully refined, displaying a pure blend of dried strawberries, minty herbs and hints of split pine. This is soothingly round, with a pleasant inner sweetness and crisp red and blue fruits that flow across a stream of juicy acidity. Violet inner florals echo throughout as the 2022 finishes with a pleasantly chewy sensation. A coating of sweet tannins promises years of positive development.
93+ points, Eric Guido, Vinous (Aug 2024)
Refined and precise, this red serves up handsome flavors of raspberry and cherry accented by savory tea and mineral tones while building tension toward fine-grained tannins. Drink now through 2032. 3,400 cases made.
93 points, Tim Fish, Wine Spectator (Jul 2024)
What's not to love about wild strawberry, grilled peach and rose petals filling the air as you swirl a glass of wine? That's what we call a rhetorical question. The medium-bodied wine's dark raspberry, dark chocolate and orange blend pipe tobacco flavors are equally enjoyable.
93 points, Michael Alberty, Wine Enthusiast (May 2023)
This bottling is a newer project that happened a bit by accident according to winemaker Chris Fladwood. A growth of estate holdings in Eola-Amity Hills, Mineral Springs in the Yamhill Carlton and Ribbon Ridge AVAs. Intense blue fruits are from Eola-Amity, earth is from MS, and spice is from Ribbon Ridge. A melange of red fruits, spice and wintergreen, concentrated blue fruits, wild herbs, and white pepper kiss the finish.
93 points, Clive Pursehouse, Decanter (Feb 2024)
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