Red

Winery Lake Vineyard Estate Grown Pinot Noir

Carneros · Napa-Sonoma · United States

Fact sheet

roast duck · mushroom risotto · grilled lamb · soft cheeses

201392 pts

There's no doubt this estate-grown wine is at first funky on the nose, a mix of forest, mint and farmhouse cheese. It develops in the glass to embrace its quirks, complementing them with vibrant acidity, ripe texture, and hints of orange, rhubarb and spicy clove.
201287 pts

Ripe cherry-vanilla and robust oak combine for a full-bodied, generous style of Pinot, from a prime spot in Carneros close to the town of Napa. Despite the wine's burly size, its texture is silky, and the finish an echo of the oak and vanilla.
200886 pts

The oak sticks out and the underlying cherry and raspberry fruit is rather simple and jammy in this single-vineyard wine. It has positive features, such as a dry silkiness and a nice mushroomy character. But it turns disappointingly thin on the finish. Too bad for a vineyard tha…