“A light-bodied, lithe and agile wine that’s built on vibrant acidity for a fresh, mouthwatering texture and elegant fruit, tea and earth flavors. Moderate tannins brace sour cherry, red cherry, black tea and mellow spice flavors.”
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Pinot Noir Long Valley AVA - Clear Lake USA
2023
92/100
Outlier Wine Company is another project by excellent Bravium winemaker, Derek Rohlffs. His 2023 pinot noir is made from a blend of sixty-eight percent Lake County fruit and thirty-two percent Mendocino County fruit in this vintage. The wine comes in at a cool 12.3 percent alcohol in this vintage and offers up a lovely, complex bouquet of cherries, pomegranate, raw cocoa, a touch of Mendocino dill tones, a lovely base of soil, peonies and a gently smoky topnote. On the palate the wine is bright, medium-full and intensely flavored, with a lovely core of red fruit, modest tannins and fine length and grip on the complex and very well balanced finish. This is a lovely middleweight that is approachable out of the blocks, but has the fine balance to also age gracefully. Good juice.” —John Gilman
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Pinot Noir Long Valley AVA - Clear Lake USA
2022
94/100
This wine is rich, with aromas of dark cherry, plum, orange marmalade, dried sage and notes of potpourri on the nose. The flavors on the palate are black strawberry, raspberry and blood orange zest, layered with clove, Key lime-vanilla cream, mineral and a dry, supple finish. Pair with grilled salmon with miso glaze and bamboo shoots.
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Pinot Noir Long Valley AVA - Clear Lake USA
2022
90/100
Outlier is a brand new project from talented winemaker Derek Rohlffs. His 2022 Pinot Noir hails solely from the organically-farmed Long Valley Ranch... The wine is raised for seven months in older French oak casks prior to bottling and comes in at a svelte 13.2 percent octane. The wine possesses a lovely aromatic constellation of black cherries, dark berries, woodsmoke, dark soil tones, incipient notes of cola, a dollop of Mendocino herb tones and a discreet framing of cedary oak. On the palate the wine is vibrant, full-bodied, focused and complex, with a lovely core of black fruit, good soil undertow, moderate tannins and a long, well-balanced and promising finish. This is approachable right out of the blocks, but I would be inclined to tuck it away in the cellar for three or four years and let its backend tannins soften up properly. A fine value. 2026-2045.
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