veteran winemaker john abbott (chalone, canoe ridge, abeja) jumps back on the pinot noir wagon with this new project. this is the second vintage for his freedom hill designate, a vintage that was notoriously difficult due to monsoon-like rains mid-harvest. abbott cajoles the grapes into an elegant, refined expression of high-acid pinot noir. slightly saline, with mountain strawberry fruit and autumnal (forest floor) accents, this is lean but polished, and should cellar well now through 2022.
Freedom Hill Vineyard