2022 Lucia Garys' Vineyard Pinot Noir
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The 2022 Pinot Noir Garys' Vineyard has a supple, seamless quality, rich in blue fruit while still being floral and perfumey. Medium to full-bodied, it offers a lightness of baking spice and sage within its layers of dense concentration and toasted but subtle oak. This will age well another 8-10 years. Founded by Dan Kosta post-Kosta Browne, the wines are made by longtime collaborator Shane Finley. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay are the focus, with Convene meant to highlight appellations and a higher tier, DK Grail, allowing for further exploration of age-worthy, collectible single-vineyard sites.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Jeb Dunnuck
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The 2022 Pinot Noir Garys' Vineyard opens with a similar purple-fruited compote note that runs through the Pisoni range. The palate is a touch more juicy and succulent, finishing on an energetic note that is ultimately dominated by the toasty, charred oak tannins that permeate this lineup. This is well crafted in a style that has clearly been working for the Pisoni family, but I can't help but feel this site would be better expressed with a fresher, integrated approach.
The 2022 Pinot Noir Garys' Vineyard is one of the darker, more masculine style Pinots in the lineup. Ripe black cherries, iron, roasted herbs, leather, and violet notes all define the aromatics, and it's medium to full-bodied on the palate, with a concentrated, focused mouthfeel, beautiful tannins, and a great finish. It needs a decant if drinking any time soon, and it should have an easy decade of prime drinking going forward. It's impressive.
The 2022 Pinot Noir Garys' Vineyard is generous, rich and ample, as the best wines of this site tend to be. Pliant dark fruit, chalky tannins and a fresh array of juicy berry fruit course through its veins. The 25-year-old vines here are hitting a sweet spot, yielding a Pinot of real complexity. The 50% new oak lends richness and roundness but is a little loud, building in volume with air. A year or two in bottle should allow it to integrate better.