2018 | Calera | Pinot Noir Mills Vineyard

Description

Red Wine: 2018 | Calera | Pinot Noir Mills Vineyard

Planted in 1984, at an elevation of 2,200 feet, Mills Vineyard consistently yields a beautifully fragrant, red-berry driven expression of Pinot Noir— and the 2017 is no exception.

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Producer: Calera

Ratings: WE | 91

Vintage: 2018

Size: 750ml

ABV: 14.5%

Varietal: Pinot Noir

Country/Region: United States, Central Coast

Planted in 1984, at an elevation of 2,200 feet, Mills Vineyard consistently yields a beautifully fragrant, red-berry driven expression of Pinot Noir— and the 2017 is no exception. Displaying glorious layers of ripe black raspberry, pomegranate, marmalade, wild mushrooms and fresh-cracked black pepper, it is juicy and mouthcoating, with an underlying complexity that evolves with each sip.

Reviews:

• Wine Enthusiast: Dried strawberry aromas meet with light leather, dried mud, seasoning salt and wild herbs on the nose of this bottling. There is a firm tension to the sip, where tart cranberry flavors soak into the meatier, forest-floor aspects

Producer Information

Calera Wine Company is a well-regarded wine estate based in Mt Harlan in California’s San Benito County. Calera, which is named for an on-site lime kiln, is notable for its limestone-rich soils, a rarity in California. Pinot Noir is the key grape variety here, making several single-vineyard wines.Winemaker Josh Jensen trained in Burgundy, working a harvest at Domaine de la Romanée-Conti and later interning at Domaine Dujac. It was there that he learned that Pinot Noir and Chardonnay thrive on limestone soils, so upon returning to the US, he went in search for that terroir.In 1974, he purchased land that was once a limestone quarry on Mt Harlan, and planted 10 hectares (24 acres) of Pinot Noir in 1975. The first vintage from the vineyard was in 1978, and since then the estate has been expanded to include plantings of Chardonnay, Viognier and Aligoté.