2016 Domaine Serene Pinot Noir Grace Vineyard
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Glistening ruby-red. Intense, highly perfumed black raspberry, cherry cola, vanilla, spicecake and incense aromas carry a powerful floral overtone. Juicy and expansive in the mouth, offering powerful red and blue fruit preserve, rose pastille and five-spice powder flavors that become livelier with air. Finishes on a suave floral note, with powerful thrust, lingering smokiness and sneaky tannins that merge smoothly into the lush fruit. For all this wine's richness, there's unlikely, and welcome, energy to buffer it.
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The 2016 Pinot Noir Grace Vineyard, aged 16 months in 57% new French oak, has a pale to medium ruby-purple color and scents of blackcurrants and blackberries accented by bay leaf, fir, underbrush, wilted violets, citrus peel and potpourri notes. The medium-bodied palate is elegant but powerful with a firm, grainy frame and lip-smacking freshness that begs for another sip, finishing unbelievably long and very layered. This is gorgeous.
A beautifully rich array of dark, ripe cherries with a sense of depth and incredible plushness. The palate texture is one of really fine detail at the surface with such deep flesh and weight at the core. Thereâs seamlessness and richness here. So intense and so long. Drink across the next decade or more.