This exquisite wine delivers an impressive balance of flavor and elegance, showcasing a blend of red and dark fruits layered with nuanced earthiness. The aromatic profile is enriched by hints of floral notes and spices, creating a sensory experience that is both complex and inviting. With its polished structure and refined tannins, it promises a delightful drinking experience that can be enjoyed now or savored over the next several years.
The initial nose is warm raspberry jam, chili pepper and chipotle balanced by flinty notes of gunsmoke and red clay that open to rose petals, magnolia, cloves, and salt air. The mouth holds long , dark tannins of cola, white pepper, and spices of star anise, cardamom, and juniper, finishing with an explosion of blue fruit. Laurelwood soil meets Burgundy in this glass.
Aroma: Bright and vibrant with strawberries, blood oranges, and crushed spices.
Taste: Rich muddled blackberries with mint and hints of graphite mineral tones.
Finish: Warm spices and refined tannins, creating a satisfying and lingering experience.
94 James Suckling Bright and vibrant nose with strawberries, blood oranges, crushed spices, pine resin and dried herbs. Hints of bergamot. Very fine and tense phenolic structure, almost giving some chalky chewiness to it, but it’s very textural and refined. Medium-bodied with a mineral backbone.
93 Wine Spectator Shows elegance and a polished structure, with refined flavors of raspberry and cherry accented by rose petal, dusky spice and orange peel notes that sail toward fine-grained tannins. Drink now through 2032.
93 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate The 2022 Pinot Noir Laurelwood District bursts from the glass with inviting scents of blueberry, red cherry, dried herbs, tobacco and orange peel. The medium-bodied palate offers generous, perfumed flavors and well-integrated new oak spice. It’s structured by silky tannins and bright acidity and has a long, floral finish.
94 Decanter The 2022 bottling of the Ponzi entry-level Pinot Noir punches well above its weight class. The savoury and earth-driven elements buoy the dark fruits that predominate on the wine's finish. Rich soil notes and dried violets introduce the effusively aromatic wine, with hints of smoky clove and freshly turned soil. The palate offers redolent muddled blackberries with mint, whisps of graphite mineral tones and a finish of warm spices.
