I love the elegance of the 2017 La Savante Pinot Noir, a pure Pinot Noir from Gualtallary, from the vineyard informally called El Mirador, in the monastery part of the appellation. I love the flinty reduction and the Chambolle-like elegance of the wine. The palate reveals tons of chalky minerality and comes through as tasty, salty, elegant, insinuating and harmonious. I love the nuance and subtleness here. Awesome. 2,750 bottles were filled in October 2018.

Violet flowers and blueberries with gently earthy complexity. A very rich, complex and juicy pinot that has rich, cherry-flavored flesh and attractively grainy and finely detailed tannins that grip early and then release on the finish, in classic pinot-noir style. Drink or hold.