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Score 95/100 · Drink 2025-2040, Erin Brooks, Wine Advocate, Dec 2024

Initial flinty tones on the nose of the 2021 Pinot Noir Tongue 'N Cheek give way to strawberry and raspberry preserves, aniseed and rooibos tea. The palate is bursting with generous, crunchy red fruit flavors. It’s structured by velvety tannins and mouthwatering acidity and has a long, latent finish. Powerful yet pretty, it unfurls dramatically with air and will benefit from 3-5+ years in the cellar.

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94
94/100

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93
93/100

Jeb Dunnuck

95
95/100

Erin Brooks, Wine Advocate

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93 points
Jeb Dunnuck
Score 93/100 · Drink 2025-2037, Jeb Dunnuck, Aug 2024

Lingua Franca first made this cuvee in 2015. The 2021 Pinot Noir Tongue 'N Cheek was 100% destemmed and pours a ripe ruby/magenta color. Coming from two vineyards, it’s ripe and forward in the glass, with a fruity bouquet of violets and black raspberries. It needs a little air on opening, but it’s ripe with a touch of iron-rich mineral notes through the palate, ripe tannins, and a note of orange oil. Drink 2025-2037.

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Lingua Franca
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Pinot Noir

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Red

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Dry

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