2022 ROAR ‘Rosella’s Vineyard’ Pinot Noir Santa Lucia Highlands

JD96 From a cooler site in the middle of the Santa Cruz Mountain appellation, the 2022 Pinot Noir Rosella’s Vineyard offers more mulberry and wild strawberry fruit as well as a beautiful core of sappy flowers, violets, and underbrush. I love its overall purity and precision, and it’s medium-bodied, has ripe, polished tannins, integrated acidity, and a great finish. It’s up with the creme de la creme of the appellation, and it’s going to have at least 10-12 years of prime drinking. It benefits from air if drinking any time soon.
TWI95 Pale to medium ruby-purple in color, the 2022 Rosella’s Vineyard Pinot Noir sashays out with flamboyant notes of Morello cherries, cranberry sauce, and lilacs followed by hints of cardamom, cinnamon toast, and underbrush. The medium to full-bodied palate is elegantly styled with silt-like tannins and seamless freshness, finishing long and perfumed.