Pinot Noir Doctors Flat, Bannockburn, Wild Irishman 2022

Floral yet savory, fruity yet smoky, the 2022 Doctor's Flat Vineyard is a most delightfully perfumed style. While there's no doubting the innate power and sinewy muscle, this force is contained within a compact, focused core. It has a sense of energy and momentum with sappy acidity and resolved drawn-out tannins. It is still a young, taut style but has the substance and structure to evolve gradually and gracefully. 2025 - 2035

The 2022 Doctor's Flat Vineyard Pinot Noir is from the Doctor's Flat Vineyard (planted in 2002) in Bannockburn, on old glacial moraine. The altitude is 277 meters above sea level. Aromatically, this wine leads with a combination of savory and floral (sumac and lavender, for example). The tannins are pulverized and fine in the mouth, and the wine leans on mineral, graphite and ferruginous sorts of characters rather than rounded fruit. It's a svelte, sleek wine, with granulated tannins that pixelate and expand across the palate. The mid-palate and finish are the highlights here. 13.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap. Drink 2023 - 2034.

Blueish transparent crimson. A little richer on the nose than the Macushla with a hint of coffee. Dry finish and still some tannin in evidence. Drink 2026-2032.