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2023 WALT Sierra Mar Pinot Noir

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Critic Review
98
Points
Jeb Dunnuck, Virginie Boone
"It looked like it might be tough to top the 2023 Rosella’s, but the 2023 Pinot Noir Sierra Mar does just that, youthful and juicy with plenty of time to go in bottle. It exudes complexity, offering layers of salty, herbal intensity, especially showy in a high level of sage and chaparral. Enduring elegance and restraint hallmark the beauty of the site in a beautifully cool-climate year, with structure to go another 10-15 years."
94 Points | Owen Bargreen
"The 2023 ‘Sierra Mar’ Pinot Noir come from this site owned by the Francioni family as the high-elevation site was formerly a cattle ranch. Pisoni clone Pinot Noir is planted here, as this opens with back florals alongside sandy soils. The palate shows loads of mouth-watering acidity with kumquat zest and rose water with shades of menthol."

2023 WALT Sierra Mar Pinot Noir

98
Points
2023 WALT Sierra Mar Pinot Noir Bottle Image 2023 WALT Sierra Mar Pinot Noir

Central Coast AVA
Roughly 250 miles along the coastline of California
from Santa Barbara County to San Francisco County

Sierra Mar
Translates to “mountain sea” in English, a fitting name
for a site that represents the best of extreme mountain
coastal terroir.

High-Altitude Vineyard
Site with decomposed granite and gravelly loam soils

This wine opens with lifted aromas of dark cherry, muddled raspberry, and pomegranate mingled with crushed sage. The palate is powerful and precise, offering mouthwatering fruit balanced by fresh acidity and structural tension. The finish is persistent and vibrant, leaving a lasting impression of mountain chaparral and a touch of iron minerality.

  • Dark Cherry
  • Muddled Raspberry
  • Pomegranate
  • Crushed Sage

Sierra Mar vineyard is owned by Gary and Rosella Franscioni, famed pioneers of the Santa Lucia Highlands. This incredible vineyard site reflects the best of the appellation. The vineyard produces rich, lush, unctuous fruit that is balanced by the natural acidity of the site.

More Information
Bottle Size750ml
Varietal Composition100% Pinot Noir
Barrel Aging10 Months in 35% New French Oak
AppellationSanta Lucia Highlands, Monterey County
VineyardSierra Mar
Vintage NotesRemarkably cool and late, the 2023 vintage produced wines of singular character and quality. The winter season started wet, with record rainstorms and mountaintop snowfall, leaving aquifers full and vines healthy. A cool spring indicated the later harvest to come, with a late start to budbreak and a long flowering period on the vines that was accompanied by wildflower super blooms. Through mild summer temperatures the vines set an ample crop load with strong canopy growth. After patient waiting and long hangtimes, warm weather came at just the right moment in fall to push ripeness to completion, resulting in wines that are deep, vital, and age worthy.
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