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2021 Domaine de la Côte, Memorius, Pinot Noir, Santa Rita Hills, California, USA

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Pinot Noir
Ready - at best (Drink 2023 - 2028)
Erin Brooks
93/100
Antonio Galloni
94/100
James Suckling
97/100
Product: 20218240639

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2021 Domaine de la Côte, Memorius, Pinot Noir, Santa Rita Hills, California, USA

Description

The 2021 Pinot Noir Memorious is dark, fleshy and super-expressive, within the context of this generally brighter, leaner vintage. As always, there's quite a bit of stem influence, but those savory notes are beautifully woven into the fruit. Clay rich soils add notable depth, while west-facing exposure conveys energy. That dualism makes for a compelling Pinot endowed with brooding dark fruit and notable textural intensity.

Drink 2025 - 2036

Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com (September 2023)

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2021
Alcohol % 13.1%
Maturity Ready - at best (2023 - 2028)
Grape List Pinot Noir
Body Full Bodied
Producer Domaine de la Côte (USA)

Critics reviews

Erin Brooks 93/100

The 2021 Pinot Noir Memorious comes from the smallest parcel at Domaine de la Côte about three acres), where vines grow on clay soils and are subjected to lots of wind. It has a pale ruby-purple colour and scents of wild raspberry and blackberry with nuances of tangerine, dried herbs and lavender. The palate is light-bodied and delicately styled with chalky tannins and energetic acidity, finishing long and perfumed.

Drink 2023 - 2033
Erin Brooks, Wine Advocate (Dec 2022)
Antonio Galloni 94/100

The 2021 Pinot Noir Memorious is dark, fleshy and super-expressive, within the context of this generally brighter, leaner vintage. As always, there's quite a bit of stem influence, but those savory notes are beautifully woven into the fruit. Clay rich soils add notable depth, while west-facing exposure conveys energy. That dualism makes for a compelling Pinot endowed with brooding dark fruit and notable textural intensity.

Drink 2025 - 2036
Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com (Sep 2023)
James Suckling 97/100

Crushed stone, raspberry and strawberry character. Medium-bodied with density and a toned structured. White pepper notes come through. Racy and bright.

Drink or hold
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (May 2023)

About this wine

Sta. Rita Hills

Sta. Rita Hills

Sta. Rita Hills is one of California’s most compelling cool-climate regions, celebrated for its Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, which are renowned for remarkable precision and poise. Nestled between the Purisima and Santa Rosa Hills, its east–west valleys funnel ocean breezes and fog inland, creating a long, temperate growing season that shapes wines of freshness, structure and unmistakable character.

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