2015 Cristom Pinot Noir Louise Vineyard

Deep red. Expansive, spice-accented red fruit and spicecake aromas show excellent clarity and pick up suggestions of cola and sandalwood with air. Juicy, focused and appealingly sweet, offering intense black raspberry, cherry pie and five-spice powder flavors that tighten up steadily on the back half. Shows outstanding energy and clarity and finishes sappy and impressively long, featuring discreet tannins and an emphatic echo of juicy red fruit.

Pale to medium ruby-purple, the 2015 Pinot Noir Louise Vineyard has a savory, almost meaty nose over a core of Black Forest cake, red currants, mulberries, cardamom and fenugreek with a touch of potpourri. Medium-bodied, the palate has exquisitely fine tannins and a lively line of acidity supporting generous, multi-layered red berry preserves and spice, finishing with impressive persistence and depth.

The 2015 Pinot Noir Louise Vineyard is darkly floral, blending crushed blackberries and blueberries with autumnal spices and shavings of dried orange. Supple and round, it has a core of vibrant acidity and mineral-inflected wild berry fruits that add a pleasantly crunchy sensation throughout. This 2015 forces the mouth to water through the long, gently tannic finish as a minty herbal air lingers.