Handley Cellars RSM Vineyard Pinot Noir 2018 Red Wine

Handley Cellars RSM Vineyard Pinot Noir 2018

Anderson Valley, CA

96 pts. Wine Enthusiast!

"This graceful, layered, and subtle wine deftly blends delicious plummy fruit with judicious oak spices and a hint of earthy, forest floor aromas. A gentle mouthfeel, medium to full body and lingering finish make it easy to keep sipping. It's the best of Handley's 2018's, and great to drink through 2028."

Handley Cellars is one of the top Pinot Noir producers in the Anderson Valley of Northern California. We're big fans of this winery! The RSM Pinot Noir is one of our favorites from Handley. An extremely food-friendly wine, it's rich and elegant with complex nuances including dark fruit, baker's chocolate, and a hint of redwood forest in the fog. This Pinot will enhance your culinary creations; in fact, we think it would be a sin to drink it without food!

FROM THE WINERY

After three years of transition, this is our second CCOF certified, organically farmed harvest of the RSM Estate Vineyard. This wine is a mix of Dijon 115 and Dijon 667 clones. Elegant and complex showing aromas of raspberry and cherry, forest floor, and cedar. Light to medium in body. Red cherries, cola, mushroom, resinous pine, and hints of clove on the finish. Medium tannins with a lingering finish. Aged for 10 months in all French Oak barrels (33% new).

Cases produced: 451
Alcohol: 13.4%
Titratable Acidity: 5.8 g/L
pH: 3.9