2021 Patz & Hall Pinot Noir Pisoni Vineyard
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James Hall met Gary Pisoni in 1998 and has sourced fruit from this site ever since, from the coveted “old field” and “Hermanos” blocks for the 2021 Pinot Noir Pisoni Vineyard. Always complex, highly extracted, and intense, it shares a wealth of signature cranberry, raspberry bramble, fig, and oak spice, with a slightness of tea leaf, finishing in finessed tannin. This should age well 2031-2036. First founded in 1988 by Donald Patz, James Hall, Anne Moses, and Heather Patz, since 2024 this Sonoma County-based producer has been owned by James Hall once again, after years with Chateau Ste. Michelle. He makes about 20 individual wines and has longstanding relationships with many of his growers, from the Russian River Valley to the Santa Lucia Highlands.
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Matured in 70% new French oak, the 2021 Pinot Noir Pisoni Vineyard has layered, expressive scents of sour cherries, orange peel, fennel seed, underbrush and earth. The medium-bodied palate is concentrated and layered. It’s structured by abundant, grainy tannins and mouthwatering acidity, and it has a long finish with a flourish of spices. It opens dramatically with air and will benefit from 2-3 years in the cellar. 509 cases produced.
The 2021 Pinot Noir Pisoni Vineyard is an ultra-ripe, characterful behemoth sizzling with macerated cherry, sweet pipe tobacco, toasted vanilla and sagebrush. Boisterous and brawny but neither heavy nor cloying, this wine has no qualms about strutting its stuff. Lively acidity is absolutely salivating, lending a cooling sensation to the undeniable pop of ethanol heat on the finish. Super-fine tannins knit it all together. The 2021’s balance is well calibrated, which is saying something considering how amplified all the elements are.