Calera 2009 Mills Pinot Noir (Mt. Harlan)

Country: US / Mills
Variety: Pinot Noir California
Winery: Calera / Mt. Harlan

This vineyard bottling is very vintage driven. The cool 2009 harvest has made it ripe and tart in cherry pie flavors, but also rather tannic. It’s aloof, revealing little of its soul, beyond the primary fruit and oak. Needs time in the cellar. Could really be interesting over the next decade.