2023 Elk Cove Pinot Noir “La Boheme”, Yamhill-Carlton, Oregon

San Francisco Wine Panel Score 95+ Points

Young, gripping and notably complex, this is textbook Oregon Pinot Noir. The nose is a focused medley of dark cherry, black raspberry, cranberry sauce, mace, baking spice and deeply mineral scents. In the mouth, the fruit is deeper and the texture both gripping and tense, as the Bing cherry, raspberry, blood orange peel, panetone, mace and dried herbal flavors are counterpointed by crushed rock minerality and firming tannins. These elements cruse through a lingering, brilliantly food-balanced finish, where the wine’s impact is already felt despite the likelihood that it is three years or more from truly delivering all it has to offer. 517 cases produced.