2016 | Patz & Hall | Pisoni Vineyard Pinot Noir

This is another tour de force from Pisoni, combining the vineyard’s signature power and richness with alluring depth and complexity. Super-concentrated, liqueur-like aromas of Bing cherry, plum, cassis, and cola leap from the glass, followed by notes of toasted cashews, ginger and clove. For all of its depth and richness, this wine literally sings on the palate, showing amazing energy and ample enlivening acidity to add poise and definition to the voluptuous flavors of red currant, cherry and milk chocolate.

Reviews:

• Wine Enthusiast: Amazingly inviting aromas of rounded red cherry, wet slate, loam, vanilla, cracked pepper and dried herb show on the intense nose of this classic single-vineyard expression. Framed by sandy, nearly gritty tannins and a buoyant acidity, the flavors of ripe black cherry, tangy blackberry and wild herbs will only intensify with time.

• Wine Spectator: A rich, robust style, with deep dark berry and red berry fruit that flirts with the jammy side. Highlighted by opulent blackberry and blueberry notes, this finishes long and persistent.

Producer Information

Patz & Hall is a Sonoma-based wine producer, specializing in the production of small-lot Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from single vineyards around California. The collection is sourced from more than 30 different vineyards in Napa Valley, Carneros, Russian River Valley, Mendocino County, Sonoma Coast and Santa Lucia Highlands. The estate was established in 1988 by James Hall, Anne Moses, and Donald and Heather Patz. Collectively, they established contracts with growers around northern California to create a full portfolio of site specific wines. In the vineyard, grapes are hand-picked to preserve phenolics and prevent excess oxidation. Fermentation takes place in both stainless steel and French oak barrels. Patz & Hall has a unique stave wood program where it dries, seasons, and ages its own Burgundian oak staves for three years before the barrels are coopered, around 18 months longer than normal. The percentage of new oak the winery uses on each wine varies between 50 and 70 percent. In 2016, Patz & Hall was purchased by Chateau Ste. Michelle of which in turn was purchased by Sycamore Partners Managment in 2021. A total of around 20,000 cases of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay are produced annually.

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