DuMOL Pinot Noir Estate 2016 (750ML)

96 VM / 94 WA / 94 JD

The 2016 Pinot Noir Estate Vineyard is an absolutely stellar wine. Dark and also quite savory in the glass, the 2016 presents a super-intriguing range of aromas, flavors and textures. The Estate has a Syrah-like feeling of density and darkness that is incredibly appealing. Huge tannins need time to soften. Readers who can wait will be rewarded with a magnificent Pinot Noir. Antonio Galloni - Vinous Media

Medium ruby-purple colored, the 2016 Pinot Noir Estate Vineyard offers a nose of kirsch, redcurrants, ripe red plums and cranberry sauce with hints of lilacs, spice box, forest floor and dried Provence herbs. Medium-bodied with a beautifully elegant palate, it has a fine-grained frame supporting the quiet intensity of flavors, and it finishes with seamless freshness lengthening all those lovely fruit layers. LPB – The Wine Advocate

A selection from the estate vineyard in the Russian River Valley (this cuvée represents roughly 24% of the total from vineyard), the 2016 Pinot Noir Estate Vineyard is a mix of mostly Calera clones, with a little bit of the Swan clone. Like all the wines here, it was brought up in a mix of new and neutral French oak. Black cherries, currants, smoked earth, dried herbs, and some savory, herbal, meaty notes all emerge from this medium to full-bodied, concentrated, yet seamless and beautifully textured Pinot Noir. It’s one of the gems in the lineup, yet these are all impressive Pinot Noirs worth your time and money. Jeb Dunnuck