93 Points - Decanter
Anderson Valley
Anderson Valley Pinot Gris is considered very good, with many producers creating high-quality, fresh, and flavorful wines from the 2023 vintage. Specific examples the 2023 Pinot Gris are praised for their bright aromas of green apple, lemon grass, and white peach, and flavors of Meyer lemon, pineapple, and golden delicious apple. The 2023 vintage overall benefited from an ideal growing season, resulting in well-balanced wines.
Vintage
The 2023 growing season is characterized by exceptional quality promoted by an extended maturity due to below average temperatures during the summer months. Light late seasons rains increased the freshness and brightness of the wines produced this year.
Analysis
Appellation: Anderson Valley
Varietal Composition: Pinot Gris
Alcohol: 13.9%
Gold Medal
Generously packed with black cherry, cola, cassis, and plum that all intermingle together in a creamy, velvety texture with great layering, finishing with delightful notes of oak and spice. Persistent, well-defined structure, wonderfully balanced.
96 Point Vintage
Entices with aromas of Bing cherry, raspberry, and cedar spice. Indicative of the cool vintage, the wine carries a freshness throughout. The palate offers a harmonious balance between bright red fruit, spice, and nicely woven tannins.
94 Points
Deep garnet-purple colored, it leaps from the glass with vibrant notes of fresh black currants, kirsch, and mulberries... Full-bodied, the palate delivers a firm line of grainy tannins with bold freshness to frame the muscular black fruit, finishing long and cedary.
Gold Medal
Light pink in color with aromas of watermelon, cranberry, orange rind, and fresh spring flowers that leap from the glass. The palate offers more peach, strawberry, and melon, with an intriguing note of rose and hibiscus. It's crisp with just the perfect hint of red fruit, and delicate whisper of strawberry that gives goosebumps.
