Cristom Eileen Pinot Noir 2017 (750ML)

95 Points, Josh Raynolds, Vinous: "Bright red. An intensely perfumed bouquet displays ripe red/blue fruit, baking spice, incense qualities and a strong, mineral overtone. Offers sweet, penetrating raspberry, blueberry, cherry pit, lavender pastille and spicecake flavors that show serious depth as well as vivacity. Displays impressive clarity and spicy thrust on the finish, which features smoothly interwoven tannins and suave, clinging floral and mineral notes." 06/19

94 Points, James Suckling, jamessuckling.com: "This has a very bright array of rich red cherries, together with a herbal accent and a thread of rose-like perfume, as well as autumnal leaves and sweet, woody spices. The palate has very assertive red cherries with elegant tannins that are paper-fine, but have combined length and strength. Great detail here. Drink or hold." 05/19

95 Points, Wine & Spirits Magazine: "This Pinot, from the top elevations of Cristom's property, topping out at 720 feet, dramatizes a tension between savory whole-cluster scents and luminous lean-fruit expression. It's aromatically seductive, with its scents of clove and thyme, lavender and autumn leaves leading into dark cherry flavors. What's most impressive, though, is the texture, firm but lively, with an acid-tannin matrix that drives the wine with firm, silky intensity." 12/19