2016 Cerise Vineyard Pinot Noir
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Quite a charmer. Lovely restraint. Super-pure flavours and a very appetising structure. Long and interesting. Juicy too – no shortage of fruit. A star. (JR)
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The 2016 Pinot Noir Cerise Vineyard is powerful, shut down and not at all expressive. There is plenty of depth and persistence, but the Cerise is nowhere near ready to show all of its cards. Chalk, white pepper and mint add striking aromatic top notes, but the Cerise needs time in bottle to be at its most expressive. Today, the wine is decidedly clenched.
Broad and fully cherry-red ripe. Lots of acid and tannin and potential, long and sweet and charming. (JR)
This has plenty of personality and delivers an athletic impression with velvety, black cherries at the edge with a fine-grained, assertive but supple tannin core. Excellent wine.
About the producer
Littorai stands as one of California’s most quietly influential estates, defined by organic and biodynamic farming, site transparency, and a restrained, Burgundian sensibility.