2017 Precious Mountain Pinot Noir

Beautifully complex and balanced, the 2017 Pinot Noir Precious Mountain Vineyard offers a complex bouquet of spiced red and black fruits, earthy, pine-laced forest floor, and a subtle beef broth-like meatiness. With plenty of richness on the palate, a bright spine of acidity, and lively tannins, this youthful yet oh, so promising beauty should evolve nicely for a solid decade.

Pale to medium ruby, the 2018 Pinot Noir Precious Mountain Vineyard slowly opens to gentle scents of dust, tangerine, dried rose petals and saline with a core of perfumed red and black berry fruit. Light to medium-bodied, the palate is silky and lifted with saline-laced fruits, grainy, seamlessly fresh and finishing ethereal. (EB)

A mentholated top note can be found on the cool, pure and layered aromas of violet, lilac, clove, anise and various dark berries. Here too the middle weight flavors possess a sophisticated mouthfeel while offering very good richness that carries over to the dusty finish that flashes focused power. This ever-so-slightly warm effort is more muscular than it usually is and is a wine that's going to need a few years to unwind. *Outstanding*