Antica Terra Pinot Noir Eola-Amity Hills Antikythera 2016 (750ML)

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#50 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2019

This is a selection of the estate-vineyard pinot noir that is planted on a solid sheet of parent rock. The nose is ebulliently fruited with intense, poached berries, as well as a pastry-like edge, flowers and stones, serving up what proves to be a deceptively charming, seductive impression. The palate arrives as a layered array of sheet-like tannins in very vertical form; the flavors have to climb up and across to be tasted and they are pristine, fresh cherries and red plums when they arrive. As the flavors abate, the stony, noble tannins remain like a rock face, just begging to be climbed again. Sheer brilliance. Hold for more than a decade, if you can. James Suckling