This pours very pale garnet red, indicating some maturity. But there is more going here than appearance suggests. The...
WineAlign Premium Members have instant access to all critic reviews. New reviews of this wine by David Lawrason will appear 60 days after posting. Click here to become a Premium Member and see them now.I'm prepared to accept a touch of volatility in exchange for the wine’s clear expression of place and its complex...
WineAlign Premium Members have instant access to all critic reviews. New reviews of this wine by Sara d'Amato will appear 60 days after posting. Click here to become a Premium Member and see them now.Far from the warmest of Niagara and Twenty Mile Bench vintages but when we will be looking back just five years from...
WineAlign Premium Members have instant access to all critic reviews. New reviews of this wine by Michael Godel will appear 60 days after posting. Click here to become a Premium Member and see them now.This pale, slightly garnet-tinted pinot noir is at the peak of its evolution. Its flavour profile is nuanced with...
WineAlign Premium Members have instant access to all critic reviews. New reviews of this wine by Megha Jandhyala S.J.D., DipWSET will appear 60 days after posting. Click here to become a Premium Member and see them now.Fully mature at this point, Cloudsley's 2021 bench vineyard blend pours a pale, fully transparent reddish garnet...
WineAlign Premium Members have instant access to all critic reviews. New reviews of this wine by John Szabo, MS will appear 60 days after posting. Click here to become a Premium Member and see them now.The lovely, medium-high to highly aromatic nose is fresh with dark berry, black cherry, and black tea leaf aromas layered over smoky, reductive, and underbrush. It's medium-full bodied and dry with lovely dark berry, black cherry, and tea leaf replays joined by gentle oak spice notes. It has a chewy mouthfeel (in the Pinot context) with elegant tannins that are smooth and refined. The juicy acidity carries through to the long, balanced, and earthy finish. Tasted Oct. 2024. Score: 91+ pts