2021 Arista Pinot Noir U.V. Lucky Well Vineyard 750ML

2021 Arista Pinot Noir U.V. Lucky Well Vineyard 750ML

2021 Arista Pinot Noir U.V. Lucky Well Vineyard 750ML “Dark color. Lots of black cherry, umami, pine resin, oyster shell, wild berry and iodine aromas. Unique and full-bodied with powdery tannins that get firm. Tees this up nicely. Most likely heritage clones. Drinkable but will age nicely.” Suckling

The 2021 Lucky Well Vineyard Pinot Noir is back with a vengeance at its traditional place at the top of the Arista lineup. This is easily the best Lucky Well we’ve ever made, which is saying a lot for a wine that was selected as one of the Top 100 wines in the world by Wine Spectator last year. But the 2021 vintage is just that special. This wine has it all: a shockingly vibrant ruby color, incredible aromatics, density, intensity, a seamless texture, and perfect weight and balance. A strong contender for the best wine ever made at Arista, full stop. This is Pinot perfection.

The wine world was all buzzing about this wine. In 2012 Winemaker Matt Courtney jumped ship leaving Marcassin to become winemaker for Arista a Sonoma based, family owned Winery that specializes in Chardonnay and Pinot Noir and the hunt was on. Marcassin Pinot Noir is as good as it gets. It is the benchmark for Pinot Noir and extremely expensive and impossible to get, maybe a bottle here and a bottle there. I have been trying to get my hands on the Arista  Pinot Noirs ever since. Matt Courtney is a rock star winemaker also making wines at Martinelli with Helen Turley and Robert Biale in Napa. They again have become impossible to get. These are some of the finest Pinot Noir being made in California. The Wine Spectators comments that Arista’s wines should be at the top of your wine wish list. The wines are made using the same traditional Burgundian methods he learned at Marcassin, without fining or filtration. These wines have a depth and length like great Grand Cru Burgundy but are richer and rounder.

I have two of their single vineyards Pinot to offer. This is liquid gold! California Pinot Noir does not better.

The 2021 Arista Pinot Noir Ferrington Vineyard and the 2021 Arista Pinot Noir Lucky Well Vineyard. These wines will received huge press, 2021 great vintage  This is as good as Pinot Noit  gets from California. Very hard to get and tiny amounts available.