The wine is bright and floral on the nose and offers aromas of cranberry and cherry with hints of sassafras root, while notes of tangerine add liveliness. Always red fruit-driven on the palate, the Calegari is a classic Russian River Valley Pinot Noir with medium-bodied tannins and a sensation of black tea on the finish. Streaks of minerals and loaminess enhance the fabulous texture.
2017 Calegari Vineyard Pinot Noir
Reviews
92 / Vinous
The 2017 Pinot Noir Calegari Vineyard is a very pretty, perfumed wine that shows the more floral side of Russian River Pinot. Raspberry, white chocolate and sweet floral notes abound in this gracious, mid-weight Pinot Noir. The 2017 is a bit nervous, but its mid-weight structure makes it one of the more accessible wines in the range today. A.G.
90 / Wine & Spirits
This wine’s oak dissipates to reveal strawberry scents and richer cherry-scented fruit, then the oak reappears in smooth, chocolate-dense tannins. The flavors come together in the end, lasting with that cherry sweetness. Cellar it. Reviewed by Joshua Greene.
- Alcohol
- 13.5%
- pH
- 3.46
- TA
- 0.60g/100mL
- Barrel Aging
- 16 months
- Barrel Selection
- 59% new, 41% 1 yr.
When to Drink
2020-2027
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