West Pyramid 2021
An exotic, masculine aromatic mix of charred meats, bacon fat, orange rinds, and Morell mushrooms leads the way to light herbal scents of earl grey tea, lavender, sweet stone fruits and a dash of cayenne pepper. Wow, this wine grips your attention. Big, luscious dark fruit with forward tannins leads into fleshy plum, crushed red delicious apple, cherry syrup, subtle notes of fresh straw complimented by structured acidity and an exceptionally long finish. Simply stunning! Our contracted fruit with the Bucher family comes from the West Pyramid Block – Pommard Clone – producing roughly 7 barrels worth of Pinot Noir per vintage. We prefer this particular clone and block as it produces well-structured Pinot Noir fruit resulting in wine that is high in tannin with dark fruits, considerable spice, excellent mid-palate complexity, with a meaty character, and a luxurious mouthfeel. These are ideal results for making long-lived Pinot Noir and for achieving perfection in the glass.
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50% New French OakVineyard
Bucher VineyardAlc. %
14.7%| Cases Produced | 200 |
|---|---|
| Closure | Natural |
| Bottle Size | Standard |
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Visiting Croix Estate requires advance reservations, as our private tastings are held primarily for Allocation List members, with limited access to the general public. If you love luxury micro-production, single-vineyard Chardonnay, and Pinot Noir, this is the spot for you!
One must be seriously audacious to succeed in wine growing.
To work in wine is to work incredibly hard. It is physical, mental, emotional, spiritual. It requires deep knowledge in agriculture, science, and business with an instinct for what comprises fine art. It takes vision, patience, grit and being on the right side of serendipity, often. It is as equally uplifting as it is heartbreaking, as preparedness is no guarantee of success.
This understanding finds truth in the founding of Croix Estate and where we find ourselves in this moment. Croix Estate began with our founding vintage in 2012, followed by the opening of our winery in 2018, and the steadfast continuance to achieve perfection in the glass annually.
The initial concept of Croix was a quixotic collage of random ideas and wines: shock art labels, uncommon grape varieties, uncommon wine regions, no wine made more than one vintage, and on it went from idea to idea, most of which were done, being done, or being re-conceptualized by many others in search of repurposed uniqueness within the winemaking community. Rather than chase a creative, newly used concept, we determined to distill the purpose of Croix Estate into a fundamental pursuit of perfection.
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