WINEMAKER'S NOTES:
The 2023 Purple Hands Latchkey Vineyard Pinot Noir offers notes of cotton candy, rose petal, wild flower, raspberry sherbet, cherry sorbet, black cherry, eucalyptus, flower, honey, and tobacco.
TASTING NOTES:
Purple plums, sandalwood, spice box and peach tea on the nose of this fragrant red. It’s medium-bodied with excellent depth and concentration. Firm and chalky tannin frame. Rich and expressive.
- James Suckling, 94 pts.
These Latchkey vines are no longer kids as they approach the 20-year mark. The wines this producer makes with the fruit improve as the vineyard matures. This year's model opens with notes of black cherry, dark plum and barbecue short ribs. Dark raspberry and sage flavors are flanked by a trace of black tea. This is a nicely balanced wine with a luxurious mouthfeel and velvety tannins.
- Wine Enthusiast, 94 pts.
