Pisoni Lucia Soberanes Vineyard Pinot Noir 2022

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Pisoni Lucia Soberanes Vineyard Pinot Noir 2022.

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

This is a dramatic pinot noir. It’s a wine of great intensity, tannin and presence; from the first sip I was both taken aback and spellbound. It’s a wine with features of chicory, mineral, sweet toast, dark cherry, wet rocks, peppercorn and rose petals. It’s a wine that is both powerful and varietal. It’s finished by firm, rocky, near-granitic tannin; the latter being the perfect conclusion to the story of the fruit. 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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