2021 Merry Edwards Pinot Noir Meredith Estate | Russian River Valley, Sonoma County California 750ml

We recently took our commitment to sustainability a step further and began farming our most important vineyard, Meredith Estate, organically. We have intensified the focus of our farming on the health of all of our vines and our soil. The 2021 Meredith Estate features floral essences of peony, plumeria and rose. The nose of this deeply layered wine offers hints of toasted nuts, Bing cherry, tangerine and cedar. Seductive and silky tannins mark the entry, with black cherry, dark chocolate and fresh earth leading to a long, elegant finish. | Merry Edwards

The Meredith Estate is wholly enticing, with a richly aromatic dark berry and sweet spiced nose nuanced by espresso and toasted cedar wood that merely hints at the delicious wine to come. Full-bodied and exceedingly powerful, sporting succulent dried Bing cherry, clove and tangerine peel framed by velvety chocolate-tinged tannins. It's a beautifully voluminous Pinot Noir that is irresistibly fresh and lifted by zesty acidity while never shying from its unapologetic, deeply penetrating core of juicy, young, sweet fruit. A balanced finish brings the wine right into focus. 100% de-stemmed with whole-berry fermentation, a cold soak for six days, and ageing for nine months in 55% new French oak. Bottled August 2022. | 96 points, Jonathan Cristaldi for Decanter

Fascinating aromas to this with dark fruits and flint with iron shavings. Ink. Bark and mushroom. Full-bodied with juicy supple tannins. Deep and serious. Dark at the end. Thoughtful complexity. | 96 points, James Suckling