Pisoni Estate Pinot Noir 2022

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Pisoni Estate Pinot Noir 2022.

Pisoni Estate Pinot Noir 2022
14.1% alcohol, cork, Santa Lucia Highlands Monterey County USA.

The first word in my notes is, simply, “wow”. I wrote this not because of the fruit or even the complexity, but because of the linger of the finish. This really does extend appreciably through the finish. It’s all about the framework of tannin here, and the way this tannin takes the fruit-and-spice-and-rock flavours and says Come With Me. This wine is an example of tannin, acid and fruit as a buddy system. If you need specifics, it tastes of red cherry, red lciorice, crushed rocks and fistfuls of smoked, dried herbs. It’s the best wine of the 2022 Pisoni releases, and it is because of its structure and length. 96 points.

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of the highly respected The Winefront site.

Mattinson has been an independent wine critic and photo-journalist since 1987. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the prized Best Australian Sports Writing Award.

Mattinson, who is 100% independent, puts a score out of 100 on every wine that he reviews. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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