2020 Pyramid Valley - Pinot Noir Angel Flower Vineyard
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The 2020 Angel Flower Pinot Noir is light, floral and spicy, with jasmine tea, star anise, shaved fennel and hints of elderflower and cranberry on the nose. In the mouth, the wine is textured, detailed and spicy—a total pleasure to behold but fine-boned and almost febrile. A beautiful wine. Quietly but surely spoken. 13.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Rebecca Gibb MW, Vinous
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The 2020 Pinot Noir Angel Flower is a soulful, complex wine that you don't really want to pick apart. Compared with the Pinot Noir Earth Smoke, which hails from the same small estate, it's not as obvious and takes longer to get to know. It's harmonious, round and calming, sitting comfortably in the mouth like a good friend visiting. It's my job to deconstruct wines, but I feel that to do so would be to destroy them. Pure, elegant, and quiet with a confident but unobtrusive line of acidity and airy-light chalky tannins that envelop the mouth. Rich intensity of sweet strawberry, fruit, fennel, thyme and smoky characters without any sense of heaviness. Initially, you might prefer Earth Smoke for its immediate aromatics, but I'd prefer to spend time with Angel Flower getting to know it. Over three days, I tried to get to the bottom of it but soon realized that might take years.
Botanicals collection. Waikari vineyard. 100% destemmed and fermented, with ambient yeasts, ‘gently … using infusion methods’ for 21–27 days. Settled in tank before being transferred to French wooden cuves and barrels. Élevage of 18 months before bottling unfined and unfiltered. Bright garnet. Real vitality! Great balance despite richness of fruit – lovely acidity and very fine tannin. Should last very well. Serious wine. (JR)