Frank Family Pinot Noir Carneros 2022

The nose alone is worth the price of admission: black cherry and wild plum folded into violets

and fermented cleanly before being laid down in large

one that fits with freshly harvested food – acorn squash roasted with garlic and pancetta

here is my praiseworthy answer – Barlow Vineyards Cabernet 2015

AOC Margaux $159

Drink or hold" - James Suckling

reminiscent of a Poire Williams distilled in the Voges Mountains just behind Alsace

$100 Club — Connoisseur's Club

enhancing its complexity and depth

a wine that seems to inhale the sun and exhale classicism

stony core rather than overt flesh

The wine opens on a rush of fresh red fruit: wild strawberry