2019 Morlet Family Vineyards 'Coteaux Nobles' Pinot Noir Fort Ross-Seaview
Located on the Sonoma Coast, on the eastern slope (Côte) of the second ridge from the Pacific Ocean, this unique hillside vineyard (Côteau) benefits from the cool maritime breeze and the mild and sunnymountain climate. The noble site’s natural conditions are ideal for growing excellent Pinot Noir in the Goldridge soil. Handcrafted using classical Burgundian winemaking techniques, it is the ‘Noble Hillsides’ or ‘Côteaux Nobles.’
Jeb Dunnuck
The 2019 ‘Côteaux Nobles’ is another perfumed, complex wine from Morlet. Offering Côte de Nuits-like dark cherry and strawberry fruits as well as forest floor, flowers, orange tea, and spice, it’s a rich, full-bodied effort with good acids, a more firm, focused texture, and outstanding length. Give bottles a year or two, and it should drink nicely through 2031. -