Domaine Anderson Pinot Noir 2021 (750ml)
Product price
$42.99
Description
Domaine Anderson's 2019 Pinot Noir comes from organically farmed grapes in Anderson Valley, California. The wine was made with spontaneous fermentation using indigenous yeast, a roughly eight-day skin maceration, and slow, cool malolactic fermentation in French oak. This approach yields a wine with substance and structure.
The 2019 opens with dark berry fruit and cedar, moving into a mid-palate that layers red cherry, pomegranate, and Indian spices alongside hints of flamed orange peel. The finish unfolds with clove, tangerine peel, and crushed cocoa nibs, underpinned by silky tannins and lifted by bright acidity. There's also a more delicate reading available: crushed red berries, white pepper, mint, and chalk, with an airy, transparent quality that captures the valley's character. The wine balances power with elegance, offering both dark fruit weight and a juicy, spicy brightness that makes it approachable now.
Product Details
| Category | Wine |
| Color | Red |
| Country | USA |
| Region | California |
| Subregion | Anderson Valley |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Producer | Domaine Anderson |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Size | 750 ML |
| Subtype | Still |
Expert Reviews
The 2019 release marks the first vintage this wine was produced with a label that boasts of the organic grapes that produced this brooding and muscular Pinot Noir, which is all power and drive. Heady dark berry fruit and cedar spices segue into a rich mid-palate infused with red cherry, pomegranate, flamed orange peel and Indian spices. Talk about a standing-ovation finish: notes of clove emerge, followed by tangerine peel, crushed cocoa nibs, scented with blue fruit and dried flowers, all framed by silky tannins, and lifted acidity, freshness and balance. Small batches of Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, and Pinot Gris grapes were allowed to spontaneously ferment with indigenous yeast. A combination of punch-downs, foot treading, and gentle pump-overs was used during a roughly eight-day skin contact maceration prior to pressing in a small basket press—slow and cool indigenous malo-lactic fermentation in 60-gallon French oak barrique.
The 2019 Pinot Noir Estate Vineyard is a very pretty, fragrant wine redolent of crushed red berry fruit, chalk, mint, white pepper and orange peel. I admire its energy, class and transparent expression of Anderson Valley. This airy, weightless Pinot is a total charmer.