2013 Patz & Hall "Pisoni Vineyard" Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir This wine is fragrant on

This wine is fragrant on the nose

perfect acidity with beguiling purity and minerality

Brought up all in stainless steel

nicely supported by those laser bursts of acidity

so our Champagne buyer

2013 Patz & Hall "Pisoni Vineyard" Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir This wine is fragrant onSaturated ruby red color. Knockout nose combines blackberry, black cherrry and Oriental spices; reminded me of a wine from the Vosne Romane Nuits Saint Georges neighborhood. Powerful and large scaled but a bit youthfully monolithic, with black fruit flavors lifted by mint and ginger high notes. This big boy finishes with huge tannins that avoid coming off as hard. Hall picks this fruit late, as it's necessary to wait for the acidity to go down, but