2023 Maggy Hawk "Estate" Anderson Valley Pinot Noir

An exceptionally rare proposition today...a 99-point, estate-grown and produced Pinot Noir for under $50! I searched our entire inventory of more than 6,000 SKUs, and this is the only wine we have in stock that can boast those unicorn-like credentials! What's more, right now we're the only retailer in the country with this wine available to customers! We have a longstanding relationship with Maggy Hawk Estate, and I jumped on this wine early. I can also confirm that this beauty absolutely lives up to the hype! Coming from 20+ year-old vines planted just 16 miles from the Pacific Ocean in the cool, foggy "Deep End" of Anderson Valley, this is a wildly aromatic and seductive Pinot Noir. Planted largely to Dijon clones 115 and 777, the vineyard produces wines of remarkable purity, complexity, and elegance. The wine opens with lifted aromas of rose petal, baking spice, ripe black raspberry, clove, spiced cherry, and subtle hints of redwood grove. The palate is both lush and vibrant, with a plush, generous mid-palate showing wonderful purity of fruit, balanced by fresh acidity, woodsy spices, and intriguing notes of dried citrus peel. Silky and polished through the finish, with lingering impressions of ripe bramble fruit and Christmas cake spices. This wine delivers on every level. It's a wonderfully expressive, beautifully composed Pinot Noir that will delight just about anyone who appreciates pure, silky, sophisticated expressions of the variety. I can absolutely see why this wine earned such massive critical praise. Get it while we have it! A 99-point, estate-grown Pinot Noir for under $50 is the kind of opportunity that almost never comes around!