2022 Pahlmeyer Wayfarer Vineyard Pinot Noir The Traveler
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From an east and west-facing ridge, the 2022 Pinot Noir The Traveler is a deep magenta ruby hue and is entirely from a suitcase clone that is now referred to as the "Wayfarer Clone." In the glass, it reveals a complex and layered nose of ripe cherries, wildflowers, black raspberries, forest herbs, and blood orange. It’s driving on the palate, with refined tannins and coiled, bright acidity throughout, and it’s fully ripe but has a persistently long finish. Not a wine for the faint of heart, it’s built for the long haul and is going to show its best if given time in the cellar. Drink 2026-2046.
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Jeb Dunnuck
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The 2022 Pinot Noir The Traveler is bursting with cranberry, strawberry and raspberry perfume and accents of mixed tea leaves, mushroom, amaro and floral perfume. The medium-bodied palate offers waves of kaleidoscopic berry fruit yet has a weightless feel with its silky tannins and bright acidity, and it has a very long, spicy finish. It's drinking beautifully now, though you could cellar it for a decade or more.