This “Village” wine comes from 1.6 acres adjacent on top and bottom to “Gathered Stones” where the stones are more weathered than “Gathered Stones” and there is a bit of topsoil. The result is a wine that is generous, ripe and lively but still maintains an obvious core of minerality. The wine is an open welcoming conversation with a slight sly edge to the finish.
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95 pts - Wine Spectator: “Impeccably structured and elegantly polished and layered, with expressive black raspberry, savory bay leaf and crushed rock accents that build toward refined tannins.”
93 pts - Vinous: “Deep, vivid ruby-red. A highly perfumed bouquet evokes fresh dark fruits, cherry pie, violet and exotic spices that are lifted by a smoky mineral overtone. Impressively concentrated yet lively on the palate, offering alluringly sweet, mineral-tinged cherry-cola, black raspberry and spicecake flavors that spread out steadily with air while taking on a floral pastille quality. Delivers a deft blend of power and finesse finishing very long and smoky, with harmonious tannins, outstanding clarity and floral-driven persistence.”
92 pts - Wine & Spirits: “An odd jumble of mixed basalt is the central feature of Rose & Arrow’s Hopewell Hills parcel; the soil here is minimal, which may account for the smoky, rocky, downright sanguine minerality that underlines this wine’s juicy cherry-plum flavors.”
91+ pts - Robert Parker Wine Advocate: “This is one of Rose & Arrow's "villages" wines. Fruit is sourced from a vineyard at 340 feet in elevation. Medium ruby-purple in color, the 2016 Pinot Noir Hopewell Hills opens with a strong reductive aromas, giving way with aeration to a core of dried red and black cherries, rose petals and turned earth. Medium-bodied, the palate gives up much more: luscious black fruits with red fruit hints, lovely floral notions, loamy earth and a strong crushed rock minerality. It’s got a firm frame of silken tannins and juicy acidity, finishing long. Those reductive aromas were gone on the second day, so give this plenty of air.”
