Lions Head Panthera Pinot Noir 2021
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Blend: 100% Pinot Noir
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Wine Enthusiast
A great balance between vivid fruit flavors, savory accents and mouthwatering acidity make this wine attractive to almost any wine drinker and set it up for infinite food pairings. Light tannins support red cherries, black tea and cranberry notes. Delicious now, the wine has the structure for aging, too. Best from 2026.
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James Suckling
Fruit driven but also accented by woodsy, savory elements, the wine has great balance, enticing cinnamon and red cherry aromas followed by vibrant black cherries. Aged in 30% new oak barrels. Drink or hold.
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Wine Spectator
Expressive, with mulberry puree laced with tea leaf and sous-bois accents, while carrying through with a silky, refined feel on the finish. Gains nice contrast from a light mineral twang. Poised and should cellar nicely in the medium term. Drink now through 2030.
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The Sonoma Coast AVA is large in area but, not counting overlapping regions like Russian River Valley, only has a few thousand acres of grapevines—and it’s no wonder. Much of the region is rugged and not easily accessible. Its proximity to the Pacific Ocean’s fog and cool breezes limits the varieties that can be cultivated, but it proves to be an ideal environment for high quality Pinot Noir.
Since fog is a frequent fact of life here, as are heavy marine layers that sometimes bring rain, the best vineyards are wisely planted above the fog line, on picturesque ridges that capture enough sun to provide even ripening. That, with the overnight drop in temperature that reliably preserves acidity, results in fine expressions of Pinot Noir that often receive tremendous critic and consumer praise alike, and are often in high demand.