2022 ROAR Pinot Noir Sierra Mar Vineyard
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The 2022 Pinot Noir Sierra Mar Vineyard is the most bracing and tensile of the Roar Pinot Noirs, opening with focused aromas of ripe red fruits, crushed stones, dried herbs and orange peels. The palate is opulent and saturated yet lined with a refreshing live-wire acidity, releasing into an inward, stony finish that will take some time to unwind. This does a beautiful job of instilling the region's natural ripeness with enough tension to support it.
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Jeb Dunnuck
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The 2022 Pinot Noir Sierra Mar Vineyard falls slightly in the middle, style-wise, of the single vineyards. It's slightly richer than the Rosella's yet not as dark as either the Garys' or Soberanes. Beautiful red, blue, and black fruits, spring flowers, and baking spice notes all emerge on the nose, and it's medium-bodied on the palate and nicely concentrated, with the more forward, supple style of the vintage. It's a charmer that's ready to go, yet it should keep nicely through 2032 or so.
The 2022 Pinot Noir Sierra Mar Vineyard opens with a rush of blood orange, purple berries and iodine. Initially soft-textured and accessible, chalky tannins immediately come into play as the 2022 withdraws back into itself. This is a little coiled up today—give it a year in bottle to relax a bit.