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Littorai, Wendling Vineyard Block E Pinot Noir 2023
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Reviewed by: Antonio Galloni
One of the highlights of this range, the 2023 Pinot Noir Wendling Vineyard Block E is dense and quite powerful but also tightly wound. The 2023 delivers all the fruit density typical of this site, but it needs a few years in bottle to be at its most expressive. Dark red/purplish fruit, new leather, cedar, mint and blood orange build through the mid-palate and into the deep, resonant close.
Reviewed by: Erin Brooks
The 2023 Pinot Noir Wendling Vineyard Block E is showing well after a year in bottle, with slowly unfolding scents of bramble fruit, cracked pepper, tea leaves, iron and forest floor. The medium-bodied palate offers deeply concentrated, earth-laced flavors. It’s structured by firm, fine-grained tannins and bright acidity and has a long, nuanced finish. It should be long lived in the cellar.
About the Producer
Littorai is dedicated to producing wines of place. There are no substitutes for low yields and careful site and vine selection. We believe that all additives, such as cultured yeasts, cultured bacteria, acidification, enzymes etc. They are not appropriate to the greatest expression of terroir. Their wines are produced in small and varying quantities. Collection members have the option to participate in their bi-annual Mailing List releases in the Winter & Fall with early-access benefits.
