Rose & Arrow, Stonecreek Pinot Noir other_regions

Rose & Arrow, Stonecreek Pinot Noir other_regionsDark, shimmering garnet. Powerful red berry liqueur, cola, Moroccan spice and incense aromas are enlivened by a smoky mineral flourish that builds in the glass. Sappy, sweet and expansive in the mouth, offering concentrated raspberry, cherry vanilla and floral pastille flavors that show a suave marriage of power and finesse. Broad and smoky on the strikingly long finish, which features mounting tannins and repeating florality.

edged by a graphite note that slowly takes over on the finish

This is definitely atypical but the intrinsic class of a fine Caillerets is still present

especially cherry

cranberries

A background application of wood serves as a reasonably neutral backdrop for the floral and attractively spicy aromas of plum and dark pinot fruit that is cut with a touch of earth character

more brooding on the nose but still more red fruit than black

snappy tannins frame flavors of crushed black cherry

There is however good freshness to the slightly bigger and richer yet still quite sleek flavors that possess focused power on the impressively precise

Alta Mesa vineyard (Santa Barbara County)

dusty and austere finale

Not gentle but exceptionally concentrated for a still red in Champagne

(from En Gémeaux