Fall Release DuMOL Estate Vineyard Pinot Noir
2023

Winemaker’s Notes

At twenty years old, our Estate Pinot vines are at the height of their powers—and in a vintage as successful as 2023, it’s natural that they would produce their finest quality to date. These vines left nothing out in the field in 2023; they grew and produced at their highest potential, and through our finely honed craft, we were able to capture and preserve that quality during fermentation, aging, blending, and finally bottling. The wine has a densely packed, tightly coiled power that elevates it and sets it apart. While approachable now due to the suppleness of the 2023 vintage, it’s really tucked in for future development—all the building blocks of future grand scale complexity are present in abundance. Don’t miss this release: one of the finest wines we’ve ever produced.

The wine is immediately dark, intense and pure with black fruits, hibiscus, dried herbs, cedar and Asian spices. Focused and linear, with air, the wine becomes expansive and layered. There's obvious, deep chewy fruit extract, the natural product of the grape skins themselves. The flavors drive towards a rising crescendo of black cherry and black currant fruit with melting tannins and prominent mineral acidity. Drink between late 2025 and 2038. A gentle decant will hasten the wine’s evolution in the glass.

Andy Smith