2022 Peay Vineyards West Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir

VIN94 Sweet red cherry, plum, rose petal, mint and hard candy infuse the 2016 Pinot Noir Estate Ama. This is an especially racy, almost flamboyant wine from Peay, and yet the Ama retains the mid-weight structure that makes these wines so distinctive. Best of all, the 2016 will drink well upon release.
Estate Notes: For those who have been following Ama since its inception in 2009, you have witnessed this wine become more refined, seamless, focused and, frankly, delicious. The 2016 Ama has a red apple and deep, tart cherry nose with great intensity of fruit expression on the palate. There is good shape and texture on the mid-palate; not too fat and not too lean. The acidity is fresh and the finish is clean though it lingers. With more air (I decanted the rest of the bottle for 15 minutes) the copper and iron elements come out with deeper cherry notes fattening out the bottom. This is the bottle I selected to drink with medium rare lamb chops tonight. A great pairing. 97% destemmed and aged on lees for 11 months in 23% new French oak barrels. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.