2020 Domaine de la Cote La Cote Pinot Noir

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Complex, terroir-driven Pinot Noir from an icon of organic, lo-fi winemaking in California's Sta Rita Hills.

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Iconic winemaking pair Rajat Parr and Sashi Moorman have set a high bar for Californian Pinot Noir for over a decade now, creating outstanding expressions of terroir and restraint in an area more known for big, bold, and brash.

Their 'La Cote' vineyard sits on southeast-facing hillside at the edge of their estate. Unlike many of their other sites, this particular spot has a huge diversity of soil type: shale, alluvium, and diatomaceous earth all contribute to a truly unique micro-climate.

Fermented in open-top concrete vats (all whole bunches) and aged for a year in 30% new French oak, this is a wine made with balance and precision in mind. There's a generosity of fruit at its core, but made all the more delicious by a minerally, savoury streak backed up by plenty of earth.

Refined, lifted, etched—such words come to mind upon first sniff of the 2020 La Côte, a vineyard that tends to make highly expressive wines that require time to find their voice. This vintage, however, the wine finds its expression even in a youthful stage, with gorgeous, pure, high-toned fruit shining with ripeness and generosity, but also traditional definition and precision. Already, a bouquet of spice and deeper, darker, pithier fruit emerges from the wine’s deepest coils, where its ultra-fine tannins seamlessly weave together in a fine, almost glossy texture and a body that allows the flavours to linger pleasurably on the tongue long after the wine has been swallowed.

98 Points - "The 2020 Pinot Noir La Côte is a wine of tremendous density and power. Red cherry/plum fruit, crushed rocks, herbs and rose petal fill out the layers, but La Côte mostly stands out for its huge core of fruit. Here, too, readers will have to be extremely patient. La Côte is a Pinot of real substance. In some vintages, it has been a bit on the excessively savoury side, but Sashi Moorman and Rajat Parr nailed the balance in 2020."- Antonio Galloni (Vinous)

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