2021 Arnot-Roberts Pinot Noir Peter Martin Ray Vineyard

The 2021 Pinot Noir Peter Martin Ray Vineyard is dense, almost shockingly so for Arnot-Roberts. Dark cherry, cedar, tobacco, menthol and licorice are all turned up in a Pinot that captures all the natural intensity of this exposed hillside site at 1,400 feet in elevation. The 100% whole clusters are pretty much buried by the sheer intensity of the fruit. The 2021 is fabulous, but it is going to require at least several years of cellaring.