Pisoni Estate Pinot Noir, Santa Lucia Highlands (2019) table planted on limestone soils that

planted on limestone soils that are rare in California and give the wine its unusual freshness and tension

the local word for a vineyard plot

made properly

here it ripens slowly and fully

A summer that started as one of the ripest on record was hit by August storms

Pisoni Estate Pinot Noir, Santa Lucia Highlands (2019) table planted on limestone soils thatThis is the wine the entire Lucia range orbits. Gary Pisoni planted these blocks in 1982, among the very first in the appellation, on granite laced slopes at 1,300 feet one of the highest, coolest, and most coveted sites in California. Critics from Parker to Galloni have called it the Grand Cru of the Santa Lucia Highlands. The family makes essentially one wine a year here, a barrel selection across the estate, vinified by Jeff Pisoni. Hand farmed and