2017 Morlet Family Pinot Noir En Famille Fort Ross-Seaview
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The En Famille Pinot Noir comes from a vineyard planted in 1990, right next door to the “Coteaux Nobles” vineyard in Fort Ross-Seaview vineyard. Medium ruby-purple colored, the 2017 Pinot Noir En Famille delivers quite serious scents of tobacco and new leather over a core of black raspberries, black cherries and kirsch with hints of dried herbs, tilled soil and red roses plus a waft of fallen leaves. Medium-bodied, the palate is fantastically fresh and delicately played, featuring grainy tannins to frame the energetic fruit, finishing long with a provocative ferrous note. 300 cases were made.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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More black fruits, smoked earth, baking spices, and earthy, saddle leather notes emerge from the 2017 Pinot Noir En Famille, which comes from a warmer, south-facing vineyard in the Fort Ross-Seaview region. This ripe, powerful, full-bodied Pinot Noir has an incredible texture and a huge core of fruit, yet it stays balanced, pure, and elegant, with plenty of tannic structure. Give bottles a year or two.
The Pinot Noir En Famille is fabulous in 2017. Aromatically lifted and powerful, the En Familly is super impressive. Sweet cherry, tobacco, leather and floral notes are beautifully layered throughout. The tannins need time to soften, but that is to be expected in a wine of this level. More than anything else, the balance and poise here are magnificent. This is such a gorgeous wine.