Tyler Winery

Pinot Noir 'La Encantada Vineyard'

Pinot Noir 'La Encantada Vineyard'

Pinot Noir La Encantada Vineyard
  • Practicing Organic
  • 100% Pinot Noir (Clone 4)
  • La Encantada Vineyard (Sta. Rita Hills AVA)
  • Sourced from block 6W (.96 acres)
  • Planted by Richard Sanford (of Sanford & Benedict Vineyard) in 2000
  • Elder clay loam over shale soils
  • Hand-harvested
  • Native yeast fermentation in 25hl wood vat
  • 50% whole-cluster
  • 18-day-maceration with punch-downs and pump-overs
  • Aged 13 months in 228L French barriques (50% new)
  • Bottled unfiltered and unfined
  • 135 cases produced
  • 13.5% abv

Info

Producer:
Tyler Winery
Vintage:
2021
Country:
United States
Region:
California
Appellation:
Santa Rita Hills
Variety:
Pinot Noir
Color:
Red
Farming Practice:
Sustainable

Sizes Available

Full Bottle US-TYL-41-21 6/750ml

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Press & Reviews

Wine Advocate
Score
94
Date
2023-12-29
"The 2021 Pinot Noir La Encantada Vineyard is scented of cranberry sauce and raspberry preserves with nuances of peppercorn, charcuterie, earth and floral perfume. The medium-bodied palate is chalky and fresh with crunchy, bitters-laced fruit and a long, mineral-driven finish. It unfurls dramatically with time in the glass and will benefit from 3-5 years in bottle."
Vinous
Score
92
Date
2023-09-21

REVIEWS FROM PAST VINTAGES

2022
Wine Advocate
Score
95
Date
2024-10-10
"The most savory, earth-driven wine in the range, the 2022 Pinot Noir La Encantada Vineyard opens with a dark bouquet of black cherries, turned earth, underbrush, wet soil and cherry blossom top notes. The broad and expansive palate offers excellent saturation and power with notable purity. The finish calls back the sous-bois character of the nose with beautiful translucency, closing with persistent fine-grained tannins. This occupies a unique position in the Tyler roster and is particularly approachable in its youth, although I have no doubts about its aging potential."
2022
Vinous
Score
94
Date
2024-07-01
"The 2022 Pinot Noir La Encantada Vineyard is a wine of textural depth and intensity. Brooding in demeanor, the 2022 is one of the more virile wines in this range. Dark red cherry, cedar, tobacco, incense, dried herbs and menthol power through to the substantial finish. Clay/loam soils confer real vertical intensity."
2020
Wine Advocate
Score
95
Date
2022-12-08
2020
Vinous
Score
94
Date
2022-08-23
2019
Wine Advocate
Score
96
Date
2022-03-15
2019
Vinous
Score
94
Date
2021-11-01