2022 ROAR Pinot Noir Garys' Vineyard
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The 2022 Pinot Noir Garys' Vineyard occupies a darker side of the Roar roster, adding blue and black-fruited opulence to floral lift and toasted oak aromas that integrate impressively well with the overall bouquet. The palate is svelte and richly concentrated, moving to a powerful, latent finish framed with balancing acidity and chalky tannins. Another degree of mineral intensity emerges after time in the glass, further serving to balance its overall robust frame.
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Jeb Dunnuck
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Black cherries, smoky darker fruits, iron, scorched earth, and black tea notes all emerge from the 2022 Pinot Noir Garys' Vineyard, one of the bigger, more fruit-forward examples of this release in some time. With medium to full body, lots of sweet fruit, and a round, opulent mouthfeel, it's perfect for drinking over the coming 5-7 years.
Hailing from one of the premier sites in the Santa Lucia Highlands, planted in 1996, the 2022 Pinot Noir Garys' Vineyard is flat-out gorgeous. Beautifully rendered, it boasts generous fruit density, crystal-clear delineation of flavors and bracing structure. Fully destemmed, the 2022 finishes with a ton of persistence in its dark berry flavors, even darker cherry, black licorice and black sage. The 2022 leaves behind a fine web of powdery tannins, neatly wrapped up with a little bow on top, concentrated, effusive, and ready to rock. What a complete package. This may be the red wine of the vintage in the SLH.