Lavinea Temperance Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir 2022 - 750ml

96pts Jeb Dunnuck

Displaying a jeweled red hue, the 2022 Pinot Noir Temperance Hill Vineyard is very layered and beautiful, offering striking clarity in its notes of wild herbs, ripe raspberries, sunny but bright fruit, and fresh rosemary. On the palate, it’s medium-bodied and has wonderful balance and a harmonious feel. Highly appealing now, with a light, juicy feel throughout the palate, it’s long and elegant and is only going to improve in another few years.

94pts Wine Spectator

A Pinot with style and intensity, with a keen structure framed by detailed flavors of blueberry and raspberry that take on clove, forest floor and savory spice accents. Finishes with broad-shouldered tannins. Drink now through 2035.

93pts James Suckling

This is complex and structured, with savory undertones to the red and darker berries, layered with dried flowers and subtle spices. Medium-bodied and crunchy, with a core of red fruit and racy acidity carrying it through to a flavorful, textural finish. Bright and focused. Drink or hold.

93pts Vinous

Woodsy cherry-berry fruits come together with hints of lavender and orange sorbet as the 2022 Pinot Noir Temperance Hill Vineyard blossoms in the glass. This sweeps across the palate, lifted and energetic, with tactile mineral tones up front accelerated by brisk acidity. It leaves a tart cranberry crunchiness through the finish, tapering off with a coating of grippy tannin offset by sour citrus. This zesty rendition of Temperance Hill is already showing beautifully yet has the balance for a lovely evolution over the medium term.

Winemaker Notes

Dark, saturated ruby to the rim. Cool aromas of just-picked raspberry, minerals and moist earth. Dense and a bit reserved, a potpourri of dark fruits mingling with notes of orange zest and hints of leather make a very complex glass of wine. Rich and structured with velvety tannins that prolong an already lengthy finish. Very satisfying now, this wine will reward further ageing.