2022 Laguna Ridge Pinot Noir
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Tasting notes
The 2022 Pinot Noir Laguna Ridge Vineyard is pure and complex. Blueberry and pomegranate are layered with accents of bitters, mushroom powder and bergamot. The medium-bodied palate is silky, seamless and mouthwatering and offers surprisingly detailed, concentrated flavors for its modest weight.
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James Suckling
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Always the first wine they pick, the 2022 Pinot Noir Laguna Ridge Vineyard is a youthful magenta color and is packed with a darker profile and more stuffing on the nose, including notes of crushed raspberries, black cherries, dark mineral earth, mossy earth, and violets. Medium to full-bodied, it’s also light on its feet, with bright acidity, plush ripe tannins, a citrusy hint of blood orange, and a spicy finish. It’s going to demand a few years in the cellar. Drink 2026-2040.
This is flamboyant and flavorful with ripe strawberry, iodine, bark and thyme character. It’s medium- to full-bodied with medium round tannins that nicely texture the wine. It tightens up at the end to give it tension. Drinkable now, but better in three to five years.
The 2022 Pinot Noir Laguna Ridge is dark, pliant and super-expressive right out of the gate. At the same time, it is also quite closed structurally, which I take as a positive sign for its future development. Black cherry, lavender, sage, mint and dried flowers build beautifully in the glass. There's gorgeous textural depth and intensity here. (AG)
About the producer
Kistler’s Chardonnays are some of the world’s most sought-after. This cult Californian producer crafts small volumes of exceptional, rich and generous, yet mineral and precise wines. With almost the entire production sold directly to their mailing list, the wines are also incredibly hard to find.