Aubert 2022 Pinot Noir “UV-SL” Sonoma Coast 99 Points

James Suckling 99 Points: “So aromatic, with notes of lavender, rosemary, dark cherries, dark strawberries, rose petals and blood oranges. The palate shows creamy, ultra-fine tannins that spread across the tongue, with a superb texture that goes on for minutes. Mostly Calera clone. Hints of Provencal flowers. Hemmed in and held back. So good now, but even better in three to five years.”

Mark Aubert’s Notes: “The 2022 UV-SL Pinot Noir is intense and mineral, with potent aromas of wild blueberry, ube plum, graphite, and turned earth. Both dynamic and beguilingly complex, the wine continues to develop in waves of blood orange, briar, and tobacco. Wafts of sweet chapparal begin to emerge, indicative of the inimitable features of the wild, coastal terroir neighboring the vineyard. The wine is driving and precise across the palate, with a firm backbone of tannin and lingering acidity that lend the wine its distinct focus and grace for a long future in the cellar.