WINEMAKER'S NOTES:
A benchmark bottle from an enviably cool growing season, Pact 2023 offers every intriguing element you've come to expect in our signature wine, only more of each. Heady minerality—always the mark of our vineyard's Pact blocks-is amplified on the nose, followed by savory crushed herb aromas over layers of warm, toasted spice, sweet tobacco leaf, and rich blue fruit. That pure, dark fruit melds with earth on a juicy palate framed by fine-grained tannins that add precision and weight to the midpalate, giving way to a persistent finish driven by the incredible throughline of minerality that opened on the nose. With the structure and freshness of a classically cool vintage, this Pact will evolve slowly and beautifully through many years in the cellar.
TASTING NOTES:
Aromas of blueberries, blackberries, dried rose petals, graphite, violets, wet earth, bitter dark chocolate and a touch of slate. The palate shows nerve and verve, with vibrancy, a mouthwatering feel and a rounded, textural mouthfeel balanced by fine tannins and bright acidity. This is so focused, with power and an aromatic lift. A wine for today, but with plenty of potential for aging. A great example of Coombsville.
- James Suckling, 97 pts.
