Fel Pinot Noir

Wine Enthusiast 93 – Hints of sweet oak meld beautifully with full-fledged fruit aromas and flavors of dark plum and black cherry in this full-bodied wine. It unfolds from a mildly spicy nose to a rich, warm palate sensation and lingering finish. One of several single-vineyard expressions, the Savoy Vineyard is now the FEL estate vineyard.

Always a wine of complexity and substance, the 2014 Savoy Pinot Noir is rich with notes of pine needles, forest floor, anise, and roasted tea which surround a core of black cherry, cola, and fresh fig. A delicate balance of silky tannins and fresh acidity support a rich palate, long on dark fruit flavors of blackcurrant and plum, with layers of allspice and crushed mint. This is a slow developing wine that will benefit greatly from a few years of bottle aging and continue to develop for at least a decade.