2021 Neilson Pinot Noir Monterey County & Santa Barbara County

San Francisco Wine Panel 91+ Points

This distinctive new Neilson bottling is attractively forthcoming in both aroma and flavor expression. The nose is a quietly sophisticated medley of sweet fresh and dried cherries, dried cranberry, panetone, licorice root, toffee and hazelnut scents. It is more youthful, if a trace less developed, on the palate, where the savory notes are as attractive as the bright fruit. The finish is complex and lingering, and shows a well developed dinner balance already, although the wine may still be twelve to eighteen months away from showing its all.