Walter Scott, Sojeau Vineyard Pinot Noir

Walter Scott, Sojeau Vineyard Pinot NoirThe 2021 Pinot Noir Sojeau Vineyard blossoms with an array of dried violets and sweet lavender complementing wild blueberries. This creates a display of contrasts, saline minerals and sour citrus complicate tart wild berry fruit depths, all enlivened by brisk acidity. Staining and incredibly long, the 2021 leaves the mouth watering for more despite its grippy tannins as rosy inner florals fade. This is spicy to the core.

oyster shell

whose father was a pioneer in planting vines in Ribera del Duero

Silky and expansive on the palate

A relatively high-toned nose features the essence of cherry

it's not hard to imagine the dark berry concentration

tight-knit and chalky

but that is not scary anymore

more determined edge

minerally piquant yet balanced and complex palate with a lingering salinity and a fresh and grippy finish

There is a touch of rusticity here

buttered toast

Stylistically the 2007s remind me of the 1997s in terms of their opulence