Reeve Wines Kiser Vineyard Lower Block Pinot Noir 2018 (750ML)

(Pinot Noir “Kiser Vineyard” Lower Block- Reeve Wines (Mendocino County)) Reeve’s 2018 Kiser Vineyard Lower Block bottling of pinot noir is nicely low octane this year, coming in at 12.5 percent alcohol and delivering a very pretty and precise bouquet of cherries, strawberries, spice tones, a beautiful base of stony soil, a dollop of fresh herbs, woodsmoke, black tea and a touch of cedar. On the palate the wine is bright, medium-full and tightly-knit, with good intensity of flavor, bright acids, moderate tannins and a long, complex and promising finish. This needs some bottle age to blossom from behind its good acids and start to drink with generosity. It will be a stylish middleweight in due course, but never a particularly deep bottle of pinot. (Drink between 2026-2050)