2016 VIE Canihan Vineyards Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir

14.5% alc., pH 3.66, TA 0.74, 100 cases, $50. Canihan Vineyard was first planted in 1998 and field grafted to Dijon clones 115, 667, 777 and “828.” Vineyard is farmed organically and dry-farmed. Yields are seldom more than 2 tons per acre. Indigenous yeast fermentation, aged 14 months in French oak barrels, 25% new. Unfined and unfiltered. · Moderately light garnet color in the glass. Ultra ripe aromas and flavors of the darkest fruits with oak-driven marzipan in the background. Plush in the mouth, with modest fine-grain backing tannins and a very sweet-fruited finish of good length. Unchanged when tasted the following day from a previously opened and re-corked bottle. The fruit is too ripe for my taste. Score: 86. Reviewed February 3, 2019

Winery: VIE Winery
From article: Recently Tasted California Pinot Noir and Chardonnay