Domaine De La Cote - Pinot Noir Memorious Santa Rita Hills 2022 (750ml)
Price: $95.00
| Producer | Domaine De La Cote |
| Country | USA |
| Region | California |
| Subregion | Anderson Valley |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Sku | 8710 |
| Size | 750ml |
Wine Spectator: 95 Points
Bright and piercing offering a mix of black cherry damson plum and raspberry coulis notes laced with savory singed sandalwood red tea and iron details. A light stem hint through the lengthy pure finish adds an extra textural note. For the cellar. Best from 2025 through 2036. ?J.M.
Vinous: 94 Points
The 2022 Pinot Noir Memorious is deep fleshy and super-expressive as it always is. Dark red cherry/plum fruit spice new leather and dried herbs are all beautifully laced together. Pliant and open the 2022 has a ton to offer. Memorious offers a combination of the elements that make Domaine de la Côte a special site namely a mix of energy from the vineyard's west-facing aspect and textural resonance from the presence clay in the soils. - By Antonio Galloni on July 2024 Sashi Moorman and Rajat Parr turned out a stellar set of Pinots at Domaine de la Côte. I tasted the 2022s twice once at the winery and then again a few weeks later in New York. The wines showed better in my home office which is not unusual. Sometimes removing wines from their context serves to highlight quality as the only thing left is the wines themselves. As always the house style favors a very high percentage of whole clusters. In 2022 the dry warm year balanced stem inclusion and the natural savoriness of this very cool site on the far western edge of the Sta. Rita Hills AVA. ?We tend to ripen on the early side probably because our yields are so low? Moorman elaborated. ?We brought everything in before the severe heat but where the heat was more evident was in the cellar. We use only ambient ferments so fermentations were warmer than usual. As a result the 2022s have a bit more extraction than our norm.? Beginning in 2022 the Pinots see more new oak than in the past. The goal of this decision is two-fold: firstly to add structure in compensation for the recent exclusion of press lots and secondly to ensure a hygienic environment for the wines as the domaine does not use SO2 in pre-fermentation or aging.
vmVinous Media: 94 Points
The 2022 Pinot Noir Memorious is deep, fleshy and super-expressive, as it always is. Dark red cherry/plum fruit, spice, new leather and dried herbs are all beautifully laced together. Pliant and open, the 2022 has a ton to offer. Memorious offers a combination of the elements that make Domaine de la Côte a special site, namely a mix of energy from the vineyard's west-facing aspect and textural resonance from the presence clay in the soils.
- By Antonio Galloni on July 2024
Sashi Moorman and Rajat Parr turned out a stellar set of Pinots at Domaine de la Côte. I tasted the 2022s twice, once at the winery and then again a few weeks later in New York. The wines showed better in my home office, which is not unusual. Sometimes, removing wines from their context serves to highlight quality, as the only thing left is the wines themselves. As always, the house style favors a very high percentage of whole clusters. In 2022, the dry, warm year balanced stem inclusion and the natural savoriness of this very cool site on the far western edge of the Sta. Rita Hills AVA. “We tend to ripen on the early side, probably because our yields are so low,” Moorman elaborated. “We brought everything in before the severe heat, but where the heat was more evident was in the cellar. We use only ambient ferments, so fermentations were warmer than usual. As a result, the 2022s have a bit more extraction than our norm.” Beginning in 2022, the Pinots see more new oak than in the past. The goal of this decision is two-fold: firstly, to add structure in compensation for the recent exclusion of press lots, and secondly, to ensure a hygienic environment for the wines, as the domaine does not use SO2 in pre-fermentation or aging.
vmWine Advocate: 94 Points
The 2022 Pinot Noir Memorious has a bit of everything a Pinot Noir lover could want: poise focus vibrancy and subtle structural power. The nose straddles red and black berries with a flashy but measured intensity leading to a lacy palate that combines electric energy with seductive subtle richness. The finish is ethereal and long framed with weightless tannins and recalling the energy found throughout. Unquestionably one of the premier Pinot Noir-focused wineries in the United States this partnership between Sashi Moorman and Rajat Parr has made significant strides to push quality and transparency even further. Shorter élevages of 10?11 months in higher proportions of new Ermitage barrels have added freshness and polish melding exceptionally well with their all-in stance on whole-cluster fermentations. The only sulfur additions occur at bottling and the 2023 vintage saw the complete elimination of press wine. Their 40 acres of tightly spaced heritage clone Pinot Noir plantings yield a punishing average of two tons per acre?at densities of 4000?7000 vines per acre?instilling the wines with a captivating concentration while remaining strikingly ethereal. Domaine de la Côte has always produced well-crafted and alluring wines but the last few vintages have elevated the wines to another degree of confidence and completeness. Published: Oct 10 2024
