2012 Pinot Noir Antikythera

The 2011 Antikythera Pinot Noir was known as the Estate Pinot Noir until the 2009 vintage and is named after (and I quote Maggie here) an Ancient Greek computer (I would Google it...). It is the only wine made from Maggie's own vines on shallow soils in the Eola-Amity Hills and raised for 16 months. It has a sensual and quite voluptuous bouquet with pure black cherries and a light marine influence. The palate is medium-bodied with notes of brown sugar and fennel infusing the red and black fruit. It is very smooth in texture with sappy mulberry fruit that somehow reminds me of a fine Barolo. Interesting...very interesting.

Bright violet color. An explosively perfumed bouquet evokes an array of ripe red and dark berry, floral pastille and incense scents, along with suggestions of cola, mocha and smoky minerals. Conveys a compelling blend of richness and vivacity on the palate, offering deeply concentrated black raspberry, cherry liqueur, spicecake and candied lavender flavors that spread out on the back half. Showy but also impeccably balanced, finishing with slowly arriving velvety tannins and remarkable clarity and cling. A star of this superb vintage, which isn't short of standout wines. Oct 2015, www.vinous.com, Drink: 2020-2025