Lingua Franca, Plow Pinot Noir

Lingua Franca, Plow Pinot NoirA bright red color, the 2023 Pinot Noir The Plow is from the top blocks of the estate and then blended blind. It has lifted, bright aromatics of pomegranate, strawberries, sweet herbs, and floral perfume. It's medium bodied, with a graceful and approachable feel, fine tannins, and a floating finish. Its delightful now and should drink fantastically over the coming 12 15 years.

The patently sauvage-inflected aromas possess better layering that includes plum

with complexities of flowers

Densely packed and tightly coiled

but it will take a bit more time to show all it's got

elegantly fleshy and nicely concentrated

This should also drink well young but reward 10 to 12 years of bottle age

The soils between the top and the bottom of lieu-dit Culs de Beaujeu are quite different

Gentle grip

The knockout nose

weight and concentration than in any of the prior Corton grands crus as well as notably better depth and persistence of the balanced and built to age finish

the most elegant Montsant I've ever drunk

This is at once seductive and classy and should also drink reasonably well young but reward up to a decade of cellaring