2018 J. Rochioli Pinot Noir Big Hill
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The 2018 Pinot Noir Big Hill is an elegant wine with lovely aroma and flavor detail this year. Pale ruby-purple, it begins with tobacco leaves, woodsmoke and underbrush with layers of potpourri and bitter citrus peel and a core of sweet blackberry fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with an earthy character, firm, grainy frame and lots of spicy accents, finishing long, uplifted and fresh.
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Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Erin Brooks, Wine Advocate
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One of the standouts in this range, the 2018 Pinot Noir Big Hill is wonderfully complex and nuanced. Rochioli and Calera clones inform a Pinot endowed with striking aromatic intensity and myriad layers of complexity that reveal themselves with a bit of coaxing. Bright and wonderfully delineated, the 2018 hits all the right notes.