2019 Les Griottes Pinot Noir

 2019 Les Griottes...Vosnes Romanée...West

2019 LES GRIOTTES MonoClone Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast

If L’Espérance is the most feminine, ethereal Pinot Noir that we produce, Les Griottes is the most masculine and enigmatic. Born from a legendary clone of great pedigree and situated on an amazing site in the middle of giant redwood trees. The wine density and concentration as well as its origins have created many debates and conversations around the tables of our friends. The 2019 Les Griottes possesses all of the great qualities and is reminiscent of the great wines around Vosnes-Romanée.

Tasting Notes 

Le Regard / The Look
Deep Ruby luminosity shows concentration and structure, long legs, and thick texture from the whole cluster press. Brillant clarity.

Le Nez / The Nose
The front nose is intense, exotic, and fragrant. Intoxicating aromas of dark cherries, blackberries, and wild plums are complemented by notes of roasted herbs, tobacco, and graphite. As the wine opens up, aromas of black cherries and cassis are layered with Sous-Bois (forest floor underbrush), dried mushrooms, and a potpourri of iris and peony. As the wine evolves in the glass or decanter, the aromatics become voluptuous and sweeter with black cherry compote spiked with star anise, burnt orange rind cardamom, and licorice. Superbly elegant and powerful, this is one of the greatest bouquets, which shows the wine’s focus and concentration.

Degustation / The Taste
On the front palate, the wine is rich, powerful, and structured. It is full-bodied with ripe black fruit compote and a hint of licorice, vanilla fat, and smoked meat. The tannins are dense but finely grained, providing structure and a firm backbone yet remaining smooth and well-integrated. The second taste is superbly unctuous and creamy, providing the ever-present concentration of black and blue fruit with weight, density, and focus. The mid-palate reveals the wine’s broad shoulders and floral character, vanilla and dark fruit density, and concentration of dark cherries, blackberries, and blueberries accented with bitter caramel, tobacco, licorice, and violets. Les Griottes reveals its heritage in Vosne Romanée; caramelized cherries, sous bois, truffles, violets, minerality, all the high pitch notes, from fruit to spices, to minerality and to whole cluster tannins, which elevate the texture of the wine creating a perfect harmony between the richness of the fruit and mineral undertone. The finish is exceptionally long and well-balanced, lingering with nuances of dark fruit compote and earthiness. The acidity is refined and spiked by fatty meat dripping and a hint of smoke.;

Les Griottes…A Wine of great Heritage. Vosne Romanée West…

NOTE: Les Griottes is our restaurant-only wine created from the same vineyard and clone as our most sought after MonoClone, L'Ambroisie. Enjoy!