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The Pinot Project 2022 is a wine I found at a local wine shop selling for $11.89. This is a project from famed wine importer Michael Skurnik. They focus exclusively on Pinot wine, Pinot Noir, Pinot Grigio (one from Italy and one from Washington, and a Rosé of Pinot Noir).
The Story
The Pinot Project aims to offer quality, affordable wine. This Pinot Noir is sourced from the Central Coast to the North Coast. The AVAs mentioned include San Benito and Suisun Valley.
They seem to have sought out growing regions that produced quality, but affordable grapes rather than going for the big name AVAs.
This Pinot Noir was harvested at peak ripeness and destemmed. There are no whole clusters here. Most of the Pinot Project is un-oaked, but a small percentage was aged in American and French oak barrels.
The multiple growing regions from different climates and soil types bring complexity to the wine.
The alcohol content is 13.5% and this wine is available in cans.
The Pinot Project 2022 Tasting Notes
The color is a bright, see-through cherry red. The nose is classic California Pinot Noir, with loads of cherries, funky spices, and mushrooms. The Pinot Project 2022 is light to medium-bodied with solid acidity and subtle flavors.
This Pinot Noir tastes like black cherry, spice, a little vanilla, plums, orange zest, licorice, and a little tea.
The tannins are fine, and the acidity allows the flavors to fully unfold.
The Summary
- The Pinot Project 2022 is a solid classic California Pinot Noir.
- This is not one of those new Pinots with 14.9% on the alcohol and mixed with Petite Sirah and Zinfandel.
- This is a Pinot Noir worth trying.
