2021 Cordant Winery Pinot Noir Radian Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (1) Avg Score: 95 points

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  12/19/2023 - The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Retail $70. Heavy bottle (731g; 1lb 9.7oz). I like to think that I am fairly familiar with the Sta Rita Hills appellation even though it has been a few years since my last visit there. I would have to go back and look, but I believe this is my first experience with a wine from the Radian Vineyard, which is both the furthest south and west vineyard in the appellation. Given the proximity to the Pacific Ocean, the vineyard is quite chilly, particularly at night, and it shows. While this wine is quite fruity (black cherry, red currant), but it is also rather dark, pushing right up against brooding. Whoa. Big, a bit burly, but short of boisterous, all of that fruit is held in check by a strong backbone of acidity, which, even given all the fruit, is what defines this wine. And that is the way it should be with Pinot, at least for me (and, frankly, you should agree). Outstanding. 95 Points.
  
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