2022 Pinot Noir

Organic/Bio While Stephen Hagen and his team are fine winemakers, the real story here is winegrowing. Stephen’s unique “grazing based viticulture” replaces herbicides, mowing, plowing and fertilizers with something... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV If you think this is impressive right now (and it is!), just wait until you give it some time in decanter or a year or two in cellar. Plenty of succulent fruit but also amazing old-vine intensity from a large... Read More

Organic/Bio Always one of Oregon's finest, the 2022 Casteel Pinot is also remarkably open, delicious and ready to enjoy. As Wine Advocate says in the 96 point rave, intoxicating scents of pomegranate liqueur, blackberry jam,... Read More

One of the longest-running high-quality “value” Pinots we know of. As Robert Parker said of the 2013 edition: An authentic tasting Pinot Noir that sells for a song. Aromas of sweet red and black cherry fruit intermixed... Read More

Topline: This is crazy delicious Pinot Noir and very fine red Burgundy that's seriously under-priced. Grab it before the market catches on. Caroline Fyot and Alexia Russo created this small estate in Mercurey in 2018 and make... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV A great example of a quality Pinot Noir from the Eola-Amity region when put in the hands of iconic winemaker Steve Doerner, pioneer of whole cluster ferments in Oregon. Cristom Vineyards predominately works... Read More

Organic/Bio This is sunshine in a bottle and for winemakers in Burgundy, 2022 came as “a year of relief,” or at least according to the Berthelemot family. There is a freshness about this wine that just makes you get... Read More

Organic/Bio Jerome Billard makes Burgundy that he loves to drink – and can drink sooner rather than just later. This is a classic in his style. There’s plenty of Pommard structure here, with vivid acidity and firm,... Read More

Lower ABV When the owner of Romanee Conti says, “Hey, you should think about importing this guy’s wines,” you pay attention. Which is how Kermit Lynch connected with Gachot-Monot, a small estate just outside... Read More

Lower ABV From 35 year-old vines in and just outside of Chorey-les-Beaune, this is just exactly what good Bourgogne Rouge should be with just one touch of something extra special from the rich 2022 vintage. Ripe and fruit-filled... Read More

Pat and Joe Campbell planted this site in 1985 from Estate Vyd cuttings and named it for the favorite Puccini opera of the folks who sold them the land. Silky and lush are always apt descriptors for La Boheme Pinot Noir's... Read More

Lower ABV You are in for a treat if you enjoy riper Pinot Noirs. This Alsatian version of the grape brings some serious concentration of fruit and flavor. Emile Beyer has had 14 generations of hands and minds that have worked... Read More

Lower ABV One of the most beautifully delicious Bourgogne Rouge we’ve carried in years, this opens with pretty scents of black and red cherry, fresh raspberry with hints of fresh cranberry and floral potpourri. In the mouth,... Read More

In the far north of the Cote de Nuits, Fixin can be a bit robust and rustic. Here Seguin draws from 40-50 year-old vines and smooths and rounds out the wine with 12 months in oak (25% new). Incisive aromas of wild cherry and tart... Read More

Craipillot is a small, 2.75HA, premier cru at the foot of much more famous Clos Saint-Jacques. It's a site that tends to give wines with more fruit and less firm structure than its neighbors, although here that's balanced... Read More

Lavaut Saint-Jacques 1er Cru is built for vintages like 2022, with it’s southerly exposure capturing plenty of sun and steady, cooling, evening breezes slowing ripening and locking in freshness. Here 70+ year-old vines delver... Read More

Sometimes a wine really announces itself, which is what happens here as the first sniff says, Gevrey Chambertin with authority. Autumnal underbrush and iron ore minerality surround the fresh black cherry and berry fruit. On the... Read More

Lower ABV From vines across cooler sites in Mendocino, this delivers the ripeness of fruit we expect from California with beautiful lightness of texture and high levels of finesse. Aromas of Bing cherry, rose petal and iron filings... Read More

Excellent value in right down the middle Willamette Valley Pinot Noir. The whole valley is represented here, with fruit from Cascade Foothills, Corvallis, Carlton, Amity and Laurelwood, all aged in old oak. Shows more fresh, crisp,... Read More

Pinot Nero (or Blauburgunder as it’s called here) takes advantage of cool Dolomite mountain nights (expected) and Alto Adige’s sunny, almost hot, summer days (not so expected). Here it gives a wine full of ripe, sweet,... Read More

As winemaker Jim Anderson writes, This bottling allows us to be incredibly detailed about the barrels we select for our vineyard designated wines, so they true expressions of the site on a year in and year out basis. The Willamette... Read More

Considerably more than the “Bourgogne Rouge” Mark Vlossak had in mind when he first created this wine! In 2022 it’s a blend of fruit from Shea, Temperance Hill and Freedom Hill (Willamette Valley elite!) with... Read More

From one of the Central Coast’s very first Pinot Noir vineyards, Mission Ranch in the Salinas Valley planted in 1961. Fifty-five years later, mature vines in a great vintage gave a crop of beautifully ripe Pinot Noir loaded... Read More

With lots from Justice, Koosah, Sojeau, Temperance Hill, Witness Tree, Bracken and X Novo vineyards, 5% whole clusters and 30% new oak, the 2022 Cuvee Ruth is at once creamy and lithe, deep and vibrant. Mostly it’s just... Read More