AUBERT UV-SL Vineyard Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir

WS: 95

This is packed with raspberry, mulberry and morello cherry paste flavors, all bristling with coiled energy, while savory and chaparral notes percolate. Grippy but energetic, with a tannic spine that’s matched by vibrant acidity. A kiss of apple wood on the finish is in proportion and should let the fruit unfurl nicely. Made for the cellar. Best from 2027 through 2037. 917 cases made.  –JM

VN: 96

The 2024 Pinot Noir UV-SL Vineyard is rich and voluptuous in the glass. Supple dark red cherry fruit, plum, rose petal, blood orange, sage, pomegranate and sweet spice fill out the layers. Plush contours wrap it all together in style. Readers who enjoy exuberant, broad-shouldered Pinots should gravitate to this bottling.