2024 Occidental ‘Freestone-Occidental’ Pinot Noir

VIN93 The 2024 Pinot Noir Freestone-Occidental is fabulous. Brisk and energetic, the 2024 is so expressive in the early going. Crushed red berry fruit, blood orange, spice and pomegranate are some of the tones that run through this beautifully translucent Pinot. Pretty floral top notes and brisk saline accents extend the clean, bracing finish. The stars clearly aligned for this wine in a vintage that was both high in quality and bountiful.
Estate Notes: The Freestone-Occidental wine shares the same winemaking techniques as our vineyard designated pinot noirs.Red and purple fruited very fine-grained and salty – a wine hat couldn’t come from anywhere else but by the sea.It conveys outstanding precision and balance in the mouth and finishes vibrant and long with finely-etched tannins. Bright natural acidity gives the wine lift and drive. ts modest alcohol (12.8%)makes this wine a perfect complement to any meal. It is delicious now and will develop nicely in bottle.