Description
Planted in 1975, and featuring a northern exposure, Reed Vineyard is always the last vineyard harvested on Mt. Harlan, yielding a wine with fascinating aromatic complexity. On the nose, red cherry and rhubarb mingle with layers of smoked game and hints of dried herbs and spice. The lush red fruit is echoed on the palate, where it is underscored by supple, flowing tannins that carry the flavors to a long, compelling finish.
95 Points – Wine & Spirits
Reed, along with Selleck, contains Calera’s oldest pinot vines, planted in 1975 at 2,200 feet of elevation on a north-facing slope. That northern aspect may account for this wine’s gentle savor—the tobacco, the Korean pepper flake, the hint of clove and leather. The flavors are spicy and sour, the wine’s acidity rendering the texture supple and suave, like the first wisps of fog striking the hill on a summer afternoon in coastal California. Open one bottle now, but cellar the others.
95 Points -Jeb Dunnuck
Sappy herbs, flowers, forest floor, sour cherries, and raspberry notes all emerge from the 2017 Pinot Noir Reed Vineyard. This lively, elegant Pinot Noir has nicely integrated acidity, beautiful balance, and a great finish.
94 Points – Wine Enthusiast
There’s a stunning purity of intense Bing cherry fruit that hits the nose first on this bottling, and then the region’s expected waves of wild sage, dank forest herbs and spicy peppercorn converge as well. Black sage oil makes for a sappy palate, which surrounds a cranberry and pomegranate core.
93 Points – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
Pale to medium ruby in the glass, the 2017 Pinot Noir Reed Vineyard, aged 17 months in 30% new French oak, has a very pretty nose of prosciutto, pepper, autumn leaves, rooibos tea leaves, dust and graphite with wild blackberries and earthy notions in the undercurrent. The palate is light to medium-bodied, intense and layered with finely grained tannins and juicy freshness, finishing layered.
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