Domaine Anderson Pinot Noir 2021 (750ml)
Product price
$42.99
Description
Anderson Valley sits at the cool, fog-touched northern edge of California's Pinot country, and that climate shows in this bottling from Domaine Anderson. The 2021 is made from organically farmed estate fruit, fermented spontaneously with native yeast and worked gently by hand, with punch-downs, foot treading, and soft pump-overs over a roughly eight-day maceration before a slow, cool malolactic fermentation in French oak barrique. It is Pinot Noir built for transparency rather than weight.
Expect a fragrant, energetic style that leans more toward lift than muscle. Crushed red berries lead, threaded with red cherry and pomegranate, brightened by orange and tangerine peel and dusted with white pepper, clove, and a touch of cocoa. There is a chalky, mineral edge underneath and a faint floral note that keeps things airy. Tannins stay silky and the acidity carries everything cleanly through a long, perfumed finish.
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.