Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast, Kutch 2022

13% alcohol. This is a 16 barrel blend from vineyards planted 1972-1999 at 500-1400 feet. 50% whole cluster, matured in old French oak. Silky and refined with smoothly textured red cherry fruit with a touch of strawberry. Lovely elegance here with a core of pure, sweet fruit and some very fine green notes, plus a touch of olive on the finish. Such a beautiful Pinot Noir.

The 2022 Pinot Noir “Sonoma Coast” bottling from Jamie Kutch was crafted using fifty percent whole clusters in this vintage and saw no new oak during its élevage. The wine tips the scales at an even thirteen percent octane and delivers a pure and refined nose of red and black cherries, raw cocoa, woodsmoke, lovely soil tones, a beautiful array of spice tones from the whole clusters and just a dollop of cedary oak. On the palate the wine is bright, full-bodied, tangy and sappy at the core, with fine soil signature, ripe, buried tannins, excellent focus and balance and a long, complex and vibrant finish. This is an outstanding bottle, but it deserves some time in the cellar to properly blossom. 2032-2075+