Reuling Pinot Noir 2012 (Sonoma Coast, California) - [WE 93]

Reuling Pinot Noir 2012
(Sonoma Coast, California) - [WE 93]


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Notes from the Winemaker: 
Following one of the most perfect growing seasons we've ever seen, the grapes were harvested on September 27, 2012.

Nose:
Lavender Oil, Hoisin Plum Sauce, Pronounced Blue & Red Fruits, Hibiscus, Jicama, Rosemary Flowers, Lilac, Bay Leaf, Minerality, Marionberry, Chinese 5 Spice, Rose Petals, Black berry.

Mouth:
Incredible focused entry, beautifully balanced weight and structure while retaining grace and elegance, balanced acid, firm but evolved tannins and an incredible finish and length.

Fermentation Notes:
Reuling Clone, 50% Whole Cluster
Calera & Reuling Clone, 100% De-Stemmed 
All 3 clones fermented in separate tanks
100% Native or Indigenous Yeasts 5 day cold soak, 16 day fermentations

Barrel Aging: 10 months
Oak: 45% New, 55% Used
Coopers: 90% Remond, 10% Damy

Finished Wine:
pH: 3.79
TA: 5.4
Alc%: 14.0

Ratings & Reviews



93 Points - Wine Enthusiast:
"Reuling is humming its way toward continued greatness in working with its own coveted fruit, crafting a coming-together of earthy fruit and lush texture. This vintage is dark ruby in color, classic in complex forest floor and wild strawberry layered over flowery perfume and a streak of spice. The imprint of oak and girth is still evolving, and the structure is there to cellar from 2017, 2021." - Virginie Boone (9/1/2014)

90 Points - Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar:
"(made with 25% whole clusters): Brilliant ruby-red. Heady aromas of raspberry, cherry-cola and Asian spices, with subtle mineral and rose notes emerging with aeration. Offers sappy, incisive red fruit and blood orange flavors that become sweeter with air and pick up a hint of anise. Lively and precise on the finish, featuring dusty tannins and an echo of cola. An hour or so of aeration makes this pinot quite drinkable right now." - Josh Reynolds (May 2014)