- Practicing Organic
- 100% Pinot Noir
- La Côte Vineyard (Sta. Rita Hills AVA)
- Southeast exposure Monterey Shale, Diatomaceous earth, alluvium soils
- Native yeast fermentation
- Whole cluster ferment in open concrete tanks
- 12 months in 40% new Ermitage French oak
- 13.4% ABV
- 7,576 bottles produced
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
2023
Country:
United States
Region:
California
Appellation:
Santa Rita Hills
Variety:
Pinot Noir
Color:
Red
Farming Practice:
Practicing Organic
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | US-DLC-42-23 | 6/750ml |
Press & Reviews
James Suckling
Score
98
Date
2024-11-20
"This small-production bottling is super savory in aroma and so chalky, stony and iron-like in flavor. The grapes come from the top half of the steep estate vineyard slope. Grown on a combination of three soil types, the wine gives potent black pepper, ashes and iron to savor. So extreme and distinctive in style. Drink or hold."
Wine Spectator
Score
96
Date
2025-02-12
"Thyme, sage and savory notes spike a core of intense griotte fruit, while flashes of pomegranate, damson plum and blood orange work their way in as well. The long, mouthwatering finish has a terrific chiseled feel, with a wet flint note as its energy source. Best from 2026 through 2040. From California. —J.M."
Wine Advocate
Score
95-97
Date
2024-10-10
"The most filled-in and concentrated wine on the roster, the 2023 Pinot Noir La Côte shows its perennially high-toned, lifted aromatics that contrast its twisted, sinewy, seamless and lacy texture. The finish is weightless yet punchy and extravagant, concluding with beautiful purity and stunning length. This is undoubtedly one of the most outstanding wines has produced, and I am eager to revisit it after its bottling."
REVIEWS FROM PAST VINTAGES
2022
Wine Spectator
Score
96
Date
2024-05-29
"This sports dark cherry, currant and raspberry fruit flavors that are mulled in feel, but kept taut and lively by a torrent of acidity, while sage, warm earth, white pepper, savory and flint notes bounce around. Overall a bit sauvage in feel, this is a compelling wine, but needs cellaring to tame it and allow it to stretch out. Best from 2026 through 2038. From California.—J.M."
2022
Wine Advocate
Score
95
Date
2024-10-10
"The 2022 Pinot Noir La Côte opens with a composed, harmonious nose that only hints at the concentration and weightless density found within, combining bright, high-toned fruit aromas with profound, grounded, savory flourishes. The palate is striking in its layered, nearly opulent power, which admirably manages impressive richness without losing focus, drive or allure. The finish is similarly multidimensional and expansive, wrapping up the wine with bright acidity and precise, fine-grained, powdery tannins. This wine never stopped morphing and expanding in the glass, both in aromatic fidelity and in the dimension of the finish, suggesting this has plenty of potential in the cellar."
2022
Vinous
Score
94+
Date
2024-08-15
"The 2022 Pinot Noir La Côte is the most intensely savory and mineral of the Pinots here. In that sense, it offers an extremely vivid expression of the rugged, windswept nature of this site on the far western edge of the Sta. Rita Hills. Crushed rocks, dried herbs, lavender, cedar, sweet pipe tobacco and red cherry fruit abound. There is a feeling of youthful austerity to La Côte that will appeal most to readers who enjoy taut, sinewy Pinots."
2021
Vinous
Score
95
Date
2023-07-01
2020
Vinous
Score
98
Date
2022-05-20
2020
Wine Enthusiast
Score
96
Date
2022-05-20