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N°22 Pinot Noir Reviews

Score: 93 | October 5, 2022 | James Suckling

Perfumed aromas of sliced strawberries, violets, raspberries and moss. Medium-bodied with gentle tannins. There is an openness on the palate, which allows for lovely expressions of fresh berries with a refreshing finish. Charming and delicious. Drink or hold.

Score: 93 | October 7, 2022 | James Suckling

Perfumed aromas of sliced strawberries, violets, raspberries and moss. Medium-bodied with gentle tannins. There is an openness on the palate, which allows for lovely expressions of fresh berries with a refreshing finish. Charming and delicious. Drink or hold.

Score: 91 | November 1, 2018 | Wine Enthusiast

This coastal wine has a feral element of exotic fruit, rhubarb and blood orange mostly, with touches of rose petal around its edges. Silky smooth and unabashedly ripe and full bodied, it has an underlying freshness of lively acidity and integration.  

Score: 93 | April 27, 2018 | Wine Advocate

The 2015 Pinot Noir No. 22 is medium ruby-purple colored and scented of menthol, dried sage and potpourri with a core of wild blueberries, raspberry pie and baking spices plus a waft of underbrush. Medium to full-bodied, it features fragrant earth notions in the mouth with a firm frame of grainy tannins and seamless freshness, finishing on a mineral note. 

Score: 92 | April 18, 2018 | Wine & Spirits

Young and intense, this wine takes some time to evolve past its initial reduction, turning from black and smoky toward cool, brisk red fruit and elegant scents of roses. The tannins are still bristly after three days of air, suggesting the wine needs patient cellaring to show itself completely.

Score: 92 | May 24, 2017 | JamesSuckling.com

Aromas of plum and orange. Tea leaf. Medium to full body, firm and silky tannins and a hints of smoke. Drink now or hold.

Score: 93 | February 15, 2017 | Pinot File

Moderately dark reddish purple color in the glass. Gorgeous, nose-filling aromas of dark stone fruits, pie spice, vanilla and subtle toast. Delicious flavors of cherry, raspberry, pie spices and vanilla with a subtle savory note in the background. Bright and seamless, with a sturdy finish of welcome length. A real charmer.