The 2023 Pinot Noir SWK Vineyard emerges from the highest, steepest and most exposed section of the Kistler family's Bodega Headlands site. It is a quintessential Occidental wine. Clean mineral notes cut through a core of red-toned fruit, chalk, white pepper, slate and dried herbs in a vivid, wonderfully translucent Pinot that hits all the right notes. Time in the glass brings out the wine's captivating inner perfume. The precision here is simply unreal. Majestic.
100 points, Antonio Galloni, Vinous (Jan 2026)