2016 Failla Pinot Noir Platt Vineyard
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Lots of red currants, underbrush, and smoked earth notes emerge from the 2016 Pinot Noir Platt Vineyard, one of the more savory, masculine, and structured wines in the portfolio. With lots of minerality, savory, smoky red fruits, medium body, and present tannin, it needs short-term cellaring and will keep for a decade or more. Readers looking for a serious lineup of single vineyard Pinot Noirs and Chardonnay that have a distinctly Burgundian vibe need to check out these releases from Ehren Jordan and Savanna Wright. Failla owns prime terroirs on the Sonoma Coast, as well as has access to some of the best vineyards in the region. While these aren’t for those craving big, powerful wines, they have plenty of intensity as well as singular profiles. In addition to the Sonoma releases, Jordan’s Oregon releases and a few Rhône variety wines are also included in this report.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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The 2016 Pinot Noir Platt is dense, lush and muscular in the glass, with tremendous fruit intensity and overall structure. Black cherry, plum, cloves, new leather, licorice and scorched earth abound in this textured, resonant Pinot. The Platt is one of the biggest wines in the range. The 50-60% whole clusters are nearly buried by the sheer richness of the fruit.