Lingua Franca Pinot Noir Eola-Amity Hills Tongue n Cheek 2015 (750ML)

94 WS / 94 DE / 93 VM

#70 Wine Spectator Top 100 Wines of 2017

Lithe and delicately complex, offering rose petal and tart blueberry aromas, with effortlessly balanced raspberry, river rock and spice flavors that finish with refined tannins. Drink now through 2022. 594 cases made. - Tim Fish, Wine Spectator

In the Tongue n' Cheek cuvée, notes of wild berries mingle with black cherry, juniper and dark spice, leading into a more powerful, layered wine with a serious chassis of fine tannins and more dimension than its siblings. The fruit remains crisp and precise in this warm year. A very impressive debut vintage. - Decanter

Deep brilliant red. Vibrant, sharply focused aromas of ripe red berries, potpourri and Asian spices, lifted by a smoky mineral nuance. Broad and concentrated on the palate, offering ripe raspberry, bitter cherry and spicecake flavors that show impressive energy, lift and focus. A rich yet lively Pinot that finishes with strong drive and chewy tannins that come on late. - Josh Raynolds, Vinous Media