2022 Pinot Noir Over $100

An even spicier and more floral-suffused nose is comprised mostly by blue pinot fruit and discreet earth wisps. The succulent refined and vibrant medium-bodied flavors aren't especially concentrated though they do possess... Read More

This is aromatically similar to the old vines Chassagne blend if perhaps just a bit more elegant. The rich and notably more concentrated medium-bodied flavors possess a velvety texture along with fine length on the balanced and... Read More

The 2022 Pinot Noir Kanzler Vineyard is plump juicy and ready to go. Vivid floral and savory overtones play off a core of exuberant Russian River fruit. Black cherry mocha cloves new leather and a kiss of French oak build into... Read More

The 2022 Pinot Noir Silice Vineyard is transparent and pure. It has detailed aromas of cranberry pomegranate and tangerine peel while accents of mossy bark and mushrooms evoke a shady forest. The medium-bodied palate is concentrated... Read More

The Bergström Vineyard in the Dundee Hills is composed of volcanic clay and basalt soils and that terroir really comes through in the 2022 Pinot Noir Bergström Vineyard. The nose evokes scorched earth iron and meaty tones before... Read More

Fresh and floral nose with tiles vibrant red berries and pomegranate. Stony mineral verve. Pure and expressive with good tension on the medium-bodied palate. Silky very nimble and elegant. Acidic red berries in the finish that... Read More

There is enough reduction present to mask the nuances of the fruit and floral notes. More interesting are the appealingly textured and vibrant middleweight flavors that are intensely mineral-driven and particularly so on the firmly... Read More

There is a highly attractive freshness to the softly spicy if distinctly earthy nose that features mostly notes of red currant and forest floor. There is good underlying tension to the well-detailed medium weight flavors that... Read More

A hint of wood influence is present here as well on the slightly spicier and more floral-suffused nose of mostly red berries and soft earth. The elegance of the nose contrasts moderately with the beautifully textured yet decidedly... Read More

Relatively firm reduction renders the nose unreadable at present. Otherwise there is outstanding richness and volume to the caressing yet powerful and super-sleek middleweight plus flavors that possess excellent depth and persistence... Read More

A strikingly floral-suffused nose speaks of a variety of spice nuances including exotic jasmine tea. I very much like the mid-palate texture of the intensely mineral-driven medium-bodied flavors that display focused power and... Read More

Six barrels two of them new. A medium to bright purple. The nose is invigorating with as little as 10% whole bunches enough to add a floral note. This is lively on the palate a Fremiets which has remembered it is in Volnay not... Read More

A fascinating plot worked by horse and hand as they cannot get access with the tractor. Super sensual yet with total fi

Here the ripe and fresh nose is quite floral in character with its essence of red cherry aromas where background hints of earth and the sauvage lurk. The rich delicious and similarly scaled flavors prim with sappy dry extract... Read More

Much like the Carelle the expressive nose is airy cool and super-fresh with its essence of red berry spice and rose petal scents. The wonderfully sleek precise and stony middleweight flavors possess a lovely sense of underlying... Read More

An elegant and airy nose portrays the perfumed essence of red cherry raspberry and cool floral wisps. The equally elegant and refined flavors possess a lacy even lilting mouthfeel but with no lack of punch on the precise minerally... Read More

This is aromatically quite similar to the 1er except that it is notably more restrained and requires considerable swirling to coax the nose to reveal its nuances. On the palate though there is noticeably more size weight and mid-palate... Read More

This is aromatically quite similar to the 1er except that it is notably more restrained and requires considerable swirling to coax the nose to reveal its nuances. On the palate though there is noticeably more size weight and mid-palate... Read More

The 2022 Nuits Saint-Georges Clos de l'Arlot 1er Cru also showed a little reduction on the nose with brambly red berry fruit and wild hedgerow touches of loam emerging with time. The oak 40% new is neatly integrated. The palate... Read More

This is also generously wooded with a similar fruit profile to that of the Bousselots. The texture of the medium weight flavors is slightly finer if a bit less concentrated with a more minerality in evidence on the firm youthfully... Read More

The 2022 Pommard 1er Cru Clos de la Commaraine Monopole wafts from the glass with aromas of dark berries spices and licorice framed by toasty new oak. Medium to full-bodied layered and fleshy with an elegantly muscular chassis... Read More