2012 Anthill Farms Pinot Noir Demuth Vineyard
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Brilliant red. Spicy raspberry and potpourri on the highly perfumed nose, with notes of Asian spices and cola adding complexity. Sweet, incisive red fruit and spicecake flavors show excellent clarity and pick up a suave floral quality with aeration. Finishes on a minerally note, with sneaky tannins coming in late and adding grip. This was vinified with 50% whole clusters, which no doubt accounts for the wine's spiciness.
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The 2012 Pinot Noir Demuth Vineyard is a drop-dead gorgeous beauty. Vibrant, nuanced and delineated, the 2012 stands out for its clarity and detail. The flavors are wonderfully alive in the glass, while the balance of fruit, acidity and tannin is superb. The Demuth seems to have handled its recent bottling better than some of the other wines in the range. The inclusion of 50% stems lends an additional dimension of brightness to the expressive cranberry and pomegranate flavors.