2022 DuMOL MacIntyre Estate Vineyard Pinot Noir

So much iodine and seaweed character on the nose with plum and dried cherry undertones. Medium-bodied with very tightly grained tannins that give this density and composure. It’s compacted and chewy. You feel the sea in this. Unique. Give it two or three years to open and present its lovely self.

The MacIntyre Estate Vineyard was planted in 2016 from Calera clone only, on very sandy soil, and the tight compact berries ripen at low sugar levels. The 2022 Pinot Noir MacIntyre Estate Vineyard is a bright ruby color and offers notes of fresh fruit, savory sea spray, tea leaf, and bright redcurrants. It’s medium-bodied, with fine but present tannins and shares a lot of similarities with the 2014, with a balanced spine of acidity to tie it all together.