Evening Land Seven Springs Vineyard La Source Pinot Noir 2015

Professional Ratings

• 94 Wine Spectator
  Polished and well-structured, with expressive rose petal and sassafras aromas and dynamic blackberry, licorice and spice flavors that billow toward plush tannins.
• 93 Wine & Spirits
  La Source is usually drawn from the top of Seven Springs, where the soils are shallow and the vines most exposed to afternoon breezes. This wine may reflect those circumstances in its concentration, with heady strawberry scents and flavors of unusual density and grip. It’s buoyed by firm, mouthwatering acids and marked on the finish by a hint of clove-y cluster-spice. This has the stuffing to cellar.
• 92 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  Pale to medium ruby in color, the 2015 Pinot Noir la Source Seven Springs Vineyard has a lovely savory nose with aromas of charcuterie, toasted cardamom, forest floor, potpourri, perfume and bramble berry. Medium-bodied, it has a great silky texture opening to tart wild blackberries, cracked pink peppercorn and savory/meaty touches, with a firm frame of grainy tannins and plenty of freshness, finishing long with mineral accents.