2024 Pisoni Estate Pinot Noir

A block and barrel selection, the layered, medium-bodied 2024 Pinot Noir focuses on four blocks from the ridges of this famous site with shallower soils and some of the oldest vines, 40% whole-cluster, native-fermented before spending 17 months in 40% new oak. With lower yields, it’s a densely weighted, concentrated wine from high elevation, where both the weather and soils are extreme, granitic, and decomposed. With red berry fruit, cardamom, savory forest, and finely tuned structure to go another decade or more, hold and drink 2028-2040.

All from the southernmost estate, first planted by Gary Pisoni in 1982. There is one bottling of this each year; it comes from three or four different blocks out of the dozen planted here. It tends to come from upper-elevation sites, which impart more weight and tannin. Concentrated with red and black fruits, flourishes of florals, and oak fermentation tanks, this wine benefits from concentration and tannin. Violets and salty minerality alight the glass. The palate glistens with great savoury herbals, chicory, and clove. Spiced and elegant, a true classic example of the SLH character.